Total Crime Rate

297.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 297.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 133.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Public order 26.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Other theft 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • 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

This area has the 7th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 53rd 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 This (ST6 6AX) in the last 12 months was 297.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% higher than the Burslem average (218.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode ST6 6AX, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tower Square (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in ST6 6AX area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lambert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft King William Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King William Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Park Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rathbone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Scotia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Boulevard Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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