Total Crime Rate
111.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cobridge Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 347th highest crime rate of 844 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 Cobridge Road (ST1 5JL) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% 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 Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobridge Road (ST1 5JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Douglas Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birches Head & Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulgrave Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bromley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Powell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Edgeware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbank Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bowness Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mulgrave Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mulgrave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowness Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulgrave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windermere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bromley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Windermere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douglas Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Douglas Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Douglas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Denbigh Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowness Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bromley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowness Street | — |
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