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

There were a total of 393 street level crime incidents in Burslem in February 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	146
Anti Social Behaviour	55
Public Order	39
Shoplifting	31
Other Theft	29
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Vehicle Crime	23
Burglary	20
Robbery	8
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Drugs	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	393

Map of street level crime incidents in February 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.

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent (1.24 miles)	642
Birches Head (1.39 miles)	638
Northwood (1.39 miles)	638
Cobridge (0.62 miles)	627
Burslem	393
Bank Top (1.24 miles)	356
Ford Green (0.88 miles)	346
Longbridge Hayes (1.39 miles)	173
Porthill (1.39 miles)	164
Longport (1.24 miles)	157

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Birches Head	208
Northwood	208
Cobridge	204
Stoke-on-Trent	189
Ford Green	157
Burslem	146
Bank Top	125
Porthill	72
Longport	66
Longbridge Hayes	47

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Burslem Central	93
2	Joiner's Square	91
3	Moorcroft	90
4	Etruria and Hanley	88
5	Little Chell and Stanfield	80
6	Burslem Park	79
7	Birches Head and Central Forest Park	67
8	Sneyd Green	59
9	Wolstanton	51
10	May Bank	46
11	Bradwell	38

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.