Crime Statistics for Fenton Low, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

There were a total of 340 street level crime incidents in Fenton Low in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Fenton Low, 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	100
Public Order	42
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Criminal Damage Arson	37
Shoplifting	37
Burglary	25
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Theft	14
Drugs	9
Bicycle Theft	8
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	340

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 Fenton Low. 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 Fenton Low

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shelton (1.39 miles)	416
Stoke-upon-Trent (1.24 miles)	356
Fenton Low	340
Sandford Hill (1.39 miles)	329
Adderley Green (1.39 miles)	298
Fenton (0.62 miles)	274
Berry Hill (0.88 miles)	271
Bentilee (1.39 miles)	236
Hollybush (1.24 miles)	167
Heron Cross (1.24 miles)	167

Where are the most violent places near Fenton Low?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shelton	159
Stoke-upon-Trent	130
Sandford Hill	117
Bentilee	107
Fenton Low	100
Berry Hill	100
Adderley Green	96
Fenton	79
Hollybush	68
Heron Cross	68

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

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 Fenton Low 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 Fenton Low compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Fenton East	88
2	Bentilee and Ubberley	86
3	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	82
4	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
5	Sandford Hill	73
6	Boothen and Oak Hill	71
7	Springfields and Trent Vale	66
8	Hollybush and Longton West	64
9	Penkhull and Stoke	62
10	Blurton East	60
11	Hartshill and Basford	56

Which road in Fenton Low has the highest level of crime?

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