Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST3 2DS
How much crime is recorded in ST3 2DS, 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
- 1,508 (2024)
ST3 2DSStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST3 2DS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST3 2DS 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
38.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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 2DSNational
Violence and sexual offences30.223.6
Anti-social behaviour9.610.7
Burglary7.99.1
Other theft4.14.5
Vehicle crime4.03.5
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Other crime3.51.5
Public order2.64.6
Robbery1.71.4
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 21% 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.