Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST3 3AF
How much crime is recorded in ST3 3AF, 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
- 1,448 (2024)
ST3 3AFStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST3 3AF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 13.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST3 3AF area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
13.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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 3AFNational
Violence and sexual offences9.923.6
Burglary4.79.1
Anti-social behaviour3.610.7
Public order2.84.6
Other theft2.54.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% 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.