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Postcode sector · Stoke-on-Trent

Crime in ST4 5

How much crime is recorded in ST4 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Population
15,938 (2024)
Crime

How safe is ST4 5

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in ST4 5, 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
35.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
76
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

ST4 5National
Violence and sexual offences28.423.6
Burglary16.09.1
Anti-social behaviour11.110.7
Shoplifting8.98.4
Public order6.94.6
Criminal damage and arson5.44.7
Other theft4.44.5
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Drugs2.02.4
Other crime1.51.5
Robbery1.31.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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