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

There were a total of 172 street level crime incidents in Penkhull in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

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	76
Other Theft	20
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Public Order	16
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Burglary	11
Vehicle Crime	6
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
Shoplifting	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	172

Map of street level crime incidents in March 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)	423
Stoke-upon-Trent (0.88 miles)	342
Hartshill (0.62 miles)	329
Basford (1.39 miles)	320
Newcastle-under-Lyme (1.39 miles)	320
Boothen (0.62 miles)	281
Oak Hill	172
Penkhull	172
Springfields	172
Sideway (0.88 miles)	123

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	160
Stoke-upon-Trent	129
Basford	115
Newcastle-under-Lyme	115
Hartshill	107
Boothen	96
Oak Hill	76
Penkhull	76
Springfields	76
Sideway	51

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 Cambridge Drive.