Crime Rate in Moorcroft & Sneyd Green, ward

Moorcroft & Sneyd Green has the 5th lowest crime rate of 34 wards in Stoke-on-Trent district and the 3659th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 359th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Moorcroft & Sneyd Green in the last 12 months was 66.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% lower than the Stoke-on-Trent district average (134.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Moorcroft & Sneyd Green’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 386 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 487 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Moorcroft & Sneyd Green ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Milton Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.