Total Crime Rate

135.6 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 135.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Other theft 21.2 10/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Alcester Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bradeley & Chell Heath , and the 288th 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 Alcester Close (ST6 6QB) in the last 12 months was 135.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher than the Bradeley & Chell Heath average (71.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alcester Close (ST6 6QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sutton Place, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruston Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alcester Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Homer Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Place —
Sep 2025Public order Buckley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Catharine Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Catharine Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sutton Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cormie Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ruston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Warren Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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