Crime Rates at High Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 5PQ

High Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 389th 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 5PQ) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.7% lower than the Burslem average (218.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ST6 5PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cartlich Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parsonage Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.