Crime · Burslem

Reported crime in central Burslem

Name: Burslem crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

6,642 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 202 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,642

Rate / 1,000

202

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,137	32%
Anti social behaviour	1,176	18%
Public order	562	8%
Shoplifting	558	8%
Criminal damage and arson	522	8%
Other theft	417	6%
Vehicle crime	307	5%
Burglary	305	5%
Drugs	248	4%
Other crime	120	2%
Robbery	107	2%
Possession of weapons	100	2%
Bicycle theft	65	1%
Theft from the person	18	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	197	173	172	178	129	184	177	178	159	159	209	222	2137
Anti social behaviour	103	81	89	103	65	83	73	85	121	139	112	122	1176
Public order	59	66	42	41	40	48	36	28	43	51	48	60	562
Shoplifting	45	50	30	38	54	46	39	45	56	52	41	62	558
Criminal damage and arson	54	48	38	37	38	53	43	35	36	36	54	50	522
Other theft	44	23	30	33	35	29	35	39	33	39	34	43	417
Vehicle crime	28	31	23	17	23	19	18	18	28	41	25	36	307
Burglary	27	41	23	27	21	28	21	18	18	29	23	29	305
Drugs	19	19	23	22	18	26	13	16	16	23	24	29	248
Other crime	10	9	7	4	5	6	13	10	13	14	11	18	120
Robbery	7	9	9	4	2	14	7	8	11	10	11	15	107
Possession of weapons	8	10	6	6	7	13	11	11	2	8	8	10	100
Bicycle theft	5	16	7	7	4	2	4	2	4	3	5	6	65
Theft from the person	1		1		3	4		2	2	1	3	1	18
Total	607	576	500	517	444	555	490	495	542	605	608	703	6642

FewerMore

police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Burslem, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 32,910.