Total Crime Rate
214.6 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
76.4 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Cartlich 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 Cartlich Street (ST6 5PG) 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 Cartlich Street (ST6 5PG), 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.
View Crime In Goldenhill & Sandyford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | Walley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henshall Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | Walley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henshall Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Child Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Cartlich Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Cartlich Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hardy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Adams Avenue | — |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Andrew Mulligan Close | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Coltman Way | Under investigation |
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