Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST1 6ER
How much crime is recorded in ST1 6ER, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Smallthorne & Sneyd Green
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,519 (2024)
ST1 6ERStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST1 6ER
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST1 6ER area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
27.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
74
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
ST1 6ERNational
Violence and sexual offences24.723.6
Anti-social behaviour14.910.7
Public order8.24.6
Shoplifting6.18.4
Drugs5.12.4
Other theft4.94.5
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Other crime2.71.5
Burglary2.29.1
Bicycle theft1.41.0
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% 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.