Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST4 5HT
How much crime is recorded in ST4 5HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oakhill & Trent Vale
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,507 (2024)
ST4 5HTStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST4 5HT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST4 5HT 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
29.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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).
ST4 5HTNational
Violence and sexual offences25.523.6
Anti-social behaviour10.010.7
Burglary6.79.1
Public order5.34.6
Other theft3.84.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Other crime1.91.5
Shoplifting1.18.4
Drugs1.02.4
Vehicle crime0.83.5
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 53% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.