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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Stoke-upon-Trent in September 2024. There were a total of 685 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 Stoke-upon-Trent, 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 Crime234
Anti Social Behaviour78
Other Theft69
Public Order62
Shoplifting60
Criminal Damage Arson60
Burglary42
Vehicle Crime20
Other Crime16
Robbery12
Drugs10
Possession Of Weapons10
Bicycle Theft6
Theft From The Person6
All Crime685

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 Stoke-upon-Trent. 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 Stoke-upon-Trent

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent (1.24 miles)940
Shelton (0.62 miles)755
Stoke-upon-Trent658
Fenton Low (1.24 miles)550
Boothen (0.62 miles)466
Hartshill (0.62 miles)362
Oak Hill (0.88 miles)149
Penkhull (0.88 miles)149
Springfields (0.88 miles)149
Sideway (1.24 miles)87

17.83%
of Penkhull and Stoke residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Stoke-upon-Trent?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Shelton512
Stoke-on-Trent335
Stoke-upon-Trent234
Fenton Low227
Boothen189
Hartshill125
Oak Hill118
Springfields110
Penkhull71
Sideway48

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stoke-upon-Trent?

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 Stoke-upon-Trent 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 Stoke-upon-Trent compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stoke-upon-Trent and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Stoke-upon-Trent is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Fenton West and Mount Pleasant82
2Hanley Park and Shelton76
3Boothen and Oak Hill71
4Town69
5Springfields and Trent Vale66
6Penkhull and Stoke62
7Hartshill and Basford56
8Clayton47
9May Bank46
10Westlands38
11Westbury Park & Northwood36

Which road in Stoke-upon-Trent has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stoke-upon-Trent with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ashlands Road.

Last updated: September 2024
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