Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST4 6LF
How much crime is recorded in ST4 6LF, 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
- 1,621 (2024)
How safe is ST4 6LF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST4 6LF area, 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
35.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
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 6LFNational
Violence and sexual offences33.623.6
Criminal damage and arson8.64.7
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Public order4.14.6
Other theft2.24.5
Drugs1.72.4
Burglary1.69.1
Other crime1.51.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Shoplifting0.58.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.