Crime Rates at Goldfinch Drive, Alsager, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 2GL

Goldfinch Drive area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Alsager , and the 383rd lowest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Goldfinch Drive (ST7 2GL) in the last 12 months was 24.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% lower than the Alsager average (52.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 350.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldfinch Drive (ST7 2GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tatton Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandside Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.