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

Crime Rate

135

135

High 7/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 12.11.2025

Annual total crime rate in Stoke-on-Trent, (local authority district) is 135 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 50.4 8/10
Anti-social behaviour 23.3 7/10
Public order 11.5 8/10
Criminal damage and arson 11 8/10
Shoplifting 9.45 5/10
Other theft 7.44 5/10
Vehicle crime 5.31 6/10
Burglary 5.13 6/10
Drugs 4.05 5/10
Other crime 2.92 7/10
Possession of weapons 1.83 8/10
Robbery 1.74 6/10
Bicycle theft 0.952 5/10
Theft from the person 0.352 2/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 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 & Normacot66.1 low
2. Hanford, Newstead & Trentham67.6 low
3. Basford & Hartshill74.8 low
4. Bradeley & Chell Heath75.5 low
5. Baddeley, Milton & Norton78.3 low
6. Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney84.7 low
7. Hollybush87.5 low
8. Great Chell & Packmoor90.1 low
9. Trent Vale & Oak Hill96.9 low
10. Meir Park99.3 low
11. Meir South104 low
12. Abbey Hulton105 low
13. Goldenhill & Sandyford106 low
14. Blurton110 low
15. Ford Green & Smallthorne116 medium
16. Bucknall & Eaton Park117 medium
17. Meir North119 medium
18. Burslem Park125 medium
19. Little Chell & Stanfield127 medium
20. Dresden & Florence128 medium
21. Boothen130 medium
22. Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend134 medium
23. Moorcroft & Sneyd Green135 medium
24. Birches Head & Northwood136 medium
25. Sandford Hill142 medium
26. Penkhull & Springfields151 medium
27. Tunstall164 medium
28. Fenton West & Mount Pleasant186 medium
29. Burslem191 medium
30. Hartshill Park & Stoke214 medium
31. Longton & Meir Hay South220 medium
32. Fenton East226 medium
33. Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton234 medium
34. Etruria & Hanley473 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 2025

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