Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST3 2AJ
How much crime is recorded in ST3 2AJ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hollybush & Blurton North
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,603 (2024)
ST3 2AJStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST3 2AJ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST3 2AJ area, 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
38.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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).
ST3 2AJNational
Violence and sexual offences33.923.6
Burglary11.69.1
Anti-social behaviour6.710.7
Criminal damage and arson4.74.7
Other theft2.84.5
Public order2.44.6
Drugs1.92.4
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Shoplifting1.28.4
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Other crime0.71.5
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% 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.