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 October 2024. There were a total of 317 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	124
Anti Social Behaviour	43
Public Order	30
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Burglary	21
Other Theft	21
Shoplifting	19
Vehicle Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	8
Drugs	7
Other Crime	4
Robbery	3
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	317

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Shelton (0.62 miles)	699
Stoke-on-Trent (1.24 miles)	627
Stoke-upon-Trent	317
Hartshill (0.62 miles)	316
Fenton Low (1.24 miles)	250
Boothen (0.62 miles)	221
Springfields (0.88 miles)	221
Penkhull (0.88 miles)	205
Sideway (1.24 miles)	169
Oak Hill (0.88 miles)	133

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Shelton	259
Stoke-on-Trent	197
Fenton Low	138
Springfields	127
Stoke-upon-Trent	124
Hartshill	122
Penkhull	121
Oak Hill	87
Sideway	84
Boothen	83

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.

#	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	May Bank	46
10	Westlands	38
11	Westbury Park & Northwood	36

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.