Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST6 5NT
How much crime is recorded in ST6 5NT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Goldenhill & Sandyford
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,336 (2024)
ST6 5NTStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST6 5NT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST6 5NT 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
40.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
73
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).
ST6 5NTNational
Violence and sexual offences34.923.6
Burglary12.29.1
Anti-social behaviour9.910.7
Public order8.24.6
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Other theft4.44.5
Other crime3.81.5
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Shoplifting0.98.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Drugs0.52.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% 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.