Total Crime Rate
104.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 374th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (ST6 5PJ) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% lower than the Goldenhill & Sandyford average (108.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (ST6 5PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walley Drive, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ancaster Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Goldenhill & Sandyford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Willoughby Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shelford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Farm View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Willoughby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Henshall Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brakespeare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henshall Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maureen Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maureen Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelford Road | — |
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