Total Crime Rate
4289.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1928.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birch Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Birch Terrace (ST1 3JN) in the last 12 months was 4289.1 per 1,000 residents and was 753.0% higher than the Etruria & Hanley average (502.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 574 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 18 cases , up 5.9% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 34.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -16.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 887 (≈ 1928.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birch Terrace (ST1 3JN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 306 crimes here, including 140 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stubbs Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stubbs Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntbach Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Market Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Market Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wellington Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethesda Street | — |
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