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Postcode sector · Stoke-on-Trent

Crime in ST2 8

How much crime is recorded in ST2 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Population
15,508 (2024)
Crime

How safe is ST2 8

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in ST2 8, 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
40.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
76
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 8National
Violence and sexual offences33.423.6
Anti-social behaviour11.510.7
Shoplifting7.98.4
Burglary7.59.1
Criminal damage and arson7.44.7
Public order6.04.6
Other theft3.64.5
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Robbery2.31.4
Drugs1.22.4
Other crime1.21.5
Theft from the person1.12.1
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 12% 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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