Total Crime Rate
439.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
202.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood Terrace area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 25th highest crime rate of 841 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 439.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.5% lower 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 202.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Terrace (ST1 4LR), the main crime hotspot is near Havelock Place. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 24 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 | Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelton Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mark'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clarke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlain Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lawrence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clinton Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clinton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cannon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelton Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wood Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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