Total Crime Rate

221.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 221.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.1 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bucknall Old Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 119th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bucknall Old Road (ST1 2AL) in the last 12 months was 221.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% higher than the Birches Head & Northwood average (130.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 130.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bucknall Old Road (ST1 2AL), the main crime hotspot is near Elizabeth Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bucknall Old Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cresswell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bucknall Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cresswell Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brierfield Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balfour Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy House Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ivy House Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Janet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Janet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Northwood Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somerset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keelings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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