Total Crime Rate

92.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Gordon Crescent area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 408th 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 Gordon Crescent (ST1 6BU) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gordon Crescent (ST1 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Louvain Avenue, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burton Crescent (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gordon Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Buxton Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothsay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chorlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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