Total Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
15.7 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Ernest Egerton Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ernest Egerton Close (ST6 5XE) in the last 12 months was 23.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Goldenhill & Sandyford average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ernest Egerton Close (ST6 5XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cartlich Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bond Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Goldenhill & Sandyford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Child Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Cartlich Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Cartlich Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hardy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Newfield Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Andrew Mulligan Close | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurricane Grove | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Coltman Way | Under investigation |
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