Crime Statistics for Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Fenton in September 2024. There were a total of 615 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Fenton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime225
Anti Social Behaviour84
Shoplifting70
Other Theft50
Burglary46
Criminal Damage Arson42
Public Order34
Vehicle Crime22
Other Crime16
Robbery8
Bicycle Theft6
Drugs6
Possession Of Weapons4
Theft From The Person2
All Crime615

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Fenton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Fenton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Fenton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Fenton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Stoke-upon-Trent (1.39 miles)658
Fenton562
Fenton Low (0.62 miles)550
Adderley Green (1.24 miles)524
Boothen (1.24 miles)466
Longton (0.88 miles)371
Sandford Hill (1.24 miles)357
Heron Cross (0.62 miles)204
Hollybush (0.62 miles)165
Blurton (1.24 miles)140

10.54%
of Fenton West and Mount Pleasant residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Fenton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Fenton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Adderley Green246
Stoke-upon-Trent234
Fenton Low227
Fenton225
Sandford Hill191
Boothen189
Hollybush156
Longton141
Heron Cross99
Blurton72

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Fenton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Fenton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Fenton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fenton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Fenton is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Fenton East88
2Fenton West and Mount Pleasant82
3Dresden and Florence80
4Hanley Park and Shelton76
5Boothen and Oak Hill71
6Broadway and Longton East68
7Springfields and Trent Vale66
8Hollybush and Longton West64
9Penkhull and Stoke62
10Blurton East60
11Hartshill and Basford56

Which road in Fenton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Fenton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: September 2024
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