Total Crime Rate

216.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 28.7 7/10
  • Public order 18.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Powell Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 125th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Powell Street (ST1 5JR) in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% higher than the Birches Head & Northwood average (130.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 109.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Powell Street (ST1 5JR), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Powell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Denbigh Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowness Street
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Wayte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winifred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Chelwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Brocklehurst Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bowness Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bowness Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowness Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denbigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rutland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Douglas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Douglas Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Douglas Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Windermere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Windermere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulgrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mulgrave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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