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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Penkhull in September 2024. There were a total of 149 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 Penkhull, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	71
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Other Theft	17
Public Order	14
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Vehicle Crime	5
Burglary	5
Shoplifting	3
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	149

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 Penkhull. 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 Penkhull

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shelton (1.39 miles)	755
Stoke-upon-Trent (0.88 miles)	658
Boothen (0.62 miles)	466
Hartshill (0.62 miles)	362
Basford (1.39 miles)	290
Newcastle-under-Lyme (1.39 miles)	247
Oak Hill	149
Penkhull	149
Springfields	149
Sideway (0.88 miles)	87

Where are the most violent places near Penkhull?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shelton	512
Stoke-upon-Trent	234
Boothen	189
Newcastle-under-Lyme	150
Hartshill	125
Oak Hill	118
Springfields	110
Basford	100
Penkhull	71
Sideway	48

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

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 Penkhull 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 Penkhull compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Penkhull and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Penkhull is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	82
2	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
3	Boothen and Oak Hill	71
4	Town	69
5	Springfields and Trent Vale	66
6	Penkhull and Stoke	62
7	Hartshill and Basford	56
8	Clayton	47
9	Thistleberry	40
10	Westlands	38
11	Westbury Park & Northwood	36

Which road in Penkhull has the highest level of crime?

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