Total Crime Rate

214.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

76.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 214.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 76.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 76.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Public order 32.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (ST6 5PD) in the last 12 months was 214.6 per 1,000 residents and was 100.5% higher than the Goldenhill & Sandyford average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ST6 5PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cartlich Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walley Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Henshall Place —
Oct 2025Shoplifting Walley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Adams Avenue —
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Hardy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Cartlich Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Cartlich Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Child Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences William Coltman Way Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Walley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Public order Andrew Mulligan Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Henshall Place —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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