Crime Rates at Century Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST1 5HY

Century Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 336th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Century Street (ST1 5HY) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Birches Head & Northwood average (140.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Century Street (ST1 5HY), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.