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Postcode sector · Stoke-on-Trent

Crime in ST1 6

How much crime is recorded in ST1 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Population
27,515 (2024)
Crime

How safe is ST1 6

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in ST1 6, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
38.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
82
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

ST1 6National
Violence and sexual offences29.623.6
Anti-social behaviour16.910.7
Burglary9.29.1
Public order6.84.6
Criminal damage and arson6.54.7
Other theft5.34.5
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Shoplifting3.08.4
Drugs2.82.4
Other crime1.81.5
Robbery1.41.4
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Theft from the person0.62.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 6% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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