Crime Rates at Dorset Place, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 4BU

Dorset Place area has the 21st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 118th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorset Place (ST7 4BU) in the last 12 months was 96.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% lower than the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorset Place (ST7 4BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Attwood Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.