Total Crime Rate
108.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollywall 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.
View Crime In Goldenhill & Sandyford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sneyd Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferney Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cotton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | George Eardley Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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