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

There were a total of 642 street level crime incidents in Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent, 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	189
Anti Social Behaviour	109
Shoplifting	86
Public Order	72
Criminal Damage Arson	58
Other Theft	41
Burglary	21
Drugs	20
Vehicle Crime	13
Possession Of Weapons	10
Other Crime	8
Robbery	6
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	3
All Crime	642

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 Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hanley (0.62 miles)	735
Stoke-on-Trent	642
Cobridge (0.62 miles)	627
Shelton (0.62 miles)	426
Burslem (1.24 miles)	393
Stoke-upon-Trent (1.24 miles)	348
Basford (1.39 miles)	323
Newcastle-under-Lyme (1.39 miles)	323
May Bank (1.24 miles)	318
Etruria (0.62 miles)	280

Where are the most violent places near Stoke-on-Trent?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hanley	232
Cobridge	204
Stoke-on-Trent	189
Shelton	158
Burslem	146
May Bank	126
Stoke-upon-Trent	125
Basford	121
Newcastle-under-Lyme	121
Etruria	106

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stoke-on-Trent?

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 Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stoke-on-Trent and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Stoke-on-Trent have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Joiner's Square.

#	Ward	Score
1	Joiner's Square	91
2	Moorcroft	90
3	Etruria and Hanley	88
4	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
5	Cross Heath	72
6	Boothen and Oak Hill	71
7	Town	69
8	Birches Head and Central Forest Park	67
9	Penkhull and Stoke	62
10	Hartshill and Basford	56
11	May Bank	46

Which road in Stoke-on-Trent has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stoke-on-Trent with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Hempstalls Lane.