Total Crime Rate

177.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 177.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.4 5/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Furlong Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 185th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Furlong Road (ST6 5TZ) in the last 12 months was 177.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Furlong Road (ST6 5TZ), the main crime hotspot is near Kenworthy Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Furlong Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linwood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Littlewalk Grove
Sep 2025Other theft Furlong Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jaycean Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meir Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meir Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Boulevard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haymarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linwood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haymarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Hayes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Keele Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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