Crime Statistics for Bucknall, Eaton Park, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

Crime statistics for Bucknall, Eaton Park

There were a total of 342 street level crime incidents in Bucknall in January 2024. 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 Bucknall, 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 Crime136
Anti Social Behaviour52
Shoplifting40
Criminal Damage Arson27
Other Theft22
Vehicle Crime20
Public Order16
Burglary12
Other Crime5
Drugs5
Bicycle Theft3
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery1
All Crime342

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Bucknall

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hanley (1.24 miles)686
Birches Head (0.88 miles)582
Northwood (0.88 miles)582
Fenton Low (1.39 miles)344
Bucknall342
Berry Hill (0.62 miles)257
Townsend (0.62 miles)232
Ubberley (0.88 miles)227
Bentilee (0.88 miles)227
Abbey Hulton (0.88 miles)188

7.11%
of Abbey Hulton and Townsend residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bucknall?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hanley213
Birches Head189
Northwood189
Bucknall136
Fenton Low107
Berry Hill96
Ubberley95
Bentilee95
Abbey Hulton93
Townsend92

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

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 Bucknall 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 Bucknall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bucknall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bucknall is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Joiner's Square91
2Etruria and Hanley88
3Bentilee and Ubberley86
4Fenton West and Mount Pleasant82
5Abbey Hulton and Townsend79
6Hanley Park and Shelton76
7Eaton Park75
8Birches Head and Central Forest Park67
9Sneyd Green59
10Baddeley, Milton and Norton54
11Werrington20

Which road in Bucknall has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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