Total Crime Rate

108.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hollywall Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 357th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hollywall Lane (ST6 5RB) in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -39.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollywall Lane (ST6 5RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotton Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sneyd Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hollywall Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferney Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferney Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cotton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George Eardley Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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