Total Crime Rate
156.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elizabeth Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 239th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elizabeth Street (ST1 2AN) in the last 12 months was 156.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% higher than the Birches Head & Northwood average (140.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elizabeth Street (ST1 2AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linfield Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baskerville Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jervis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cresswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mynors Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ringland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baskerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jervis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jervis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jervis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Marsden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarleton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seymour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Homer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Homer Street | — |
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