Total Crime Rate

23.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

15.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 23.6 2/10
  • Violent crimes 15.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ernest 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ernest Egerton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Bond Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Bond Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Bond Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Bond Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Child Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Cartlich Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Cartlich Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Hardy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Newfield Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Andrew Mulligan Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Hurricane Grove
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences William Coltman Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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