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

Crime statistics for Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

There were a total of 377 street level crime incidents in Burslem 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 Burslem, 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 Crime134
Anti Social Behaviour52
Shoplifting43
Other Theft34
Public Order32
Criminal Damage Arson28
Burglary16
Vehicle Crime13
Drugs7
Other Crime6
Robbery4
Possession Of Weapons4
Bicycle Theft3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime377

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 Burslem. 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 Burslem

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent (1.24 miles)587
Birches Head (1.39 miles)582
Cobridge (0.62 miles)547
Northwood (1.39 miles)534
Bank Top (1.24 miles)404
Burslem377
Ford Green (0.88 miles)366
Porthill (1.39 miles)178
Longport (1.24 miles)152
Longbridge Hayes (1.39 miles)140

29.65%
of Moorcroft residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Burslem?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Birches Head189
Stoke-on-Trent179
Bank Top169
Northwood163
Ford Green157
Cobridge150
Burslem134
Porthill78
Longport72
Longbridge Hayes69

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

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 Burslem 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 Burslem compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burslem and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Burslem is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Burslem Central93
2Joiner's Square91
3Moorcroft90
4Etruria and Hanley88
5Little Chell and Stanfield80
6Burslem Park79
7Birches Head and Central Forest Park67
8Sneyd Green59
9Wolstanton51
10May Bank46
11Bradwell38

Which road in Burslem has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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