Crime Rates at Oak Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST1 2NB

Oak Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oak Street (ST1 2NB) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ).

In the area around Oak Street (ST1 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Campbell Terrace (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.