Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST3 2BX
How much crime is recorded in ST3 2BX, 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
- 1,608 (2024)
ST3 2BXStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST3 2BX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST3 2BX area, broadly in line with 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
34.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
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 2BXNational
Violence and sexual offences27.923.6
Burglary13.39.1
Anti-social behaviour7.910.7
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Other theft3.94.5
Public order2.64.6
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Drugs2.52.4
Shoplifting1.38.4
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% 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.