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Postcode sector · Stoke-on-Trent

Crime in ST2 7

How much crime is recorded in ST2 7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Population
15,990 (2024)
Crime

How safe is ST2 7

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in ST2 7, below 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
25.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
51
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).

ST2 7National
Violence and sexual offences20.823.6
Anti-social behaviour8.810.7
Burglary6.99.1
Public order4.34.6
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Shoplifting3.78.4
Other theft2.84.5
Other crime1.41.5
Drugs1.32.4
Robbery1.31.4
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 13% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
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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