Total Crime Rate

408.2 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 408.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.3 10/10
  • Drugs 63.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.1 10/10
  • Public order 44.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.8 10/10
  • Robbery 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.8 10/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wood Terrace area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 24th 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 Wood Terrace (ST1 4LR) in the last 12 months was 408.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower than the Etruria & Hanley average (509.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 202.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Terrace (ST1 4LR), the main crime hotspot is near Havelock Place. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havelock Place
Sep 2025Public order St Mark'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sun Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chamberlain Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Mark'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cooper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cooper Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cooper Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mark'S Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Margill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howard Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sun Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bedford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wellesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wood Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wood Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jordan Street

Data Sources

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