Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST3 7RU
How much crime is recorded in ST3 7RU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meir Park
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,244 (2024)
How safe is ST3 7RU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST3 7RU area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
31.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
114
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 7RUNational
Anti-social behaviour29.910.7
Shoplifting28.08.4
Burglary25.99.1
Violence and sexual offences20.523.6
Other theft8.54.5
Public order8.34.6
Criminal damage and arson4.64.7
Robbery3.01.4
Other crime1.91.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Drugs1.02.4
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
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.