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Crime Rates in Stoke-on-Trent, local authority district

Crime Rate

136

136

High 7/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 10.12.2025

Annual total crime rate in Stoke-on-Trent, (local authority district) is 136 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 7 out of 10 or high crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district) by type

Violence and sexual offences 50.7 8/10
Anti-social behaviour 23.6 7/10
Public order 11.5 8/10
Criminal damage and arson 10.9 8/10
Shoplifting 9.37 5/10
Other theft 7.42 5/10
Vehicle crime 5.24 5/10
Burglary 4.95 6/10
Drugs 4.16 6/10
Other crime 2.87 7/10
Possession of weapons 1.82 8/10
Robbery 1.73 6/10
Bicycle theft 1.03 5/10
Theft from the person 0.337 2/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Above are annual crime rates in Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district) by crime type.

The figures in black represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district).

The figures in grey indicate the relative ratings of Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district) and West Midlands (region)

Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population
  • Stoke-on-Trent
    LAD
  • West Midlands
    region

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas

Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates of wards within Stoke-on-Trent (local authority district)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Lightwood North & Normacot66.4 low
2. Hanford, Newstead & Trentham67.2 low
3. Baddeley, Milton & Norton76.7 low
4. Basford & Hartshill77.1 low
5. Bradeley & Chell Heath77.2 low
6. Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney86.1 low
7. Hollybush89 low
8. Great Chell & Packmoor90 low
9. Meir Park96.7 low
10. Trent Vale & Oak Hill98 low
11. Abbey Hulton102 low
12. Goldenhill & Sandyford105 low
13. Meir South107 low
14. Blurton110 low
15. Bucknall & Eaton Park114 low
16. Ford Green & Smallthorne117 low
17. Meir North119 low
18. Burslem Park125 medium
19. Little Chell & Stanfield125 medium
20. Dresden & Florence126 medium
21. Boothen132 medium
22. Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend135 medium
23. Moorcroft & Sneyd Green136 medium
24. Birches Head & Northwood137 medium
25. Sandford Hill143 medium
26. Penkhull & Springfields153 medium
27. Tunstall162 medium
28. Fenton West & Mount Pleasant190 medium
29. Burslem190 medium
30. Longton & Meir Hay South217 medium
31. Hartshill Park & Stoke220 medium
32. Fenton East225 medium
33. Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton235 medium
34. Etruria & Hanley472 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

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