Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST3 7JA
How much crime is recorded in ST3 7JA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meir South & Lightwood
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,149 (2024)
ST3 7JAStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST3 7JA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST3 7JA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
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 7JANational
Violence and sexual offences16.523.6
Anti-social behaviour10.310.7
Burglary6.59.1
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Other theft1.94.5
Drugs1.02.4
Public order0.84.6
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Robbery0.41.4
Shoplifting0.28.4
Other crime0.11.5
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.