Crime Rates at Old Town Road, Stoke-on-trent, ST1 2JS

Old Town Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 58th highest crime rate of 844 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 Old Town Road (ST1 2JS) in the last 12 months was 294.1 per 1,000 residents and was 124.7% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 148.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 123.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Town Road (ST1 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huntbach Street, where police recorded 325 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.