Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST4 5PU
How much crime is recorded in ST4 5PU, 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
- 1,914 (2024)
ST4 5PUStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST4 5PU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST4 5PU area, below 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
24.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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 5PUNational
Violence and sexual offences20.423.6
Burglary11.19.1
Anti-social behaviour6.310.7
Public order2.94.6
Other theft2.64.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Shoplifting1.28.4
Other crime1.21.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Drugs1.12.4
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 9% 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.