Total Crime Rate
118.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Noblett Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 327th 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 Noblett Road (ST1 6HJ) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Noblett Road (ST1 6HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Fitzherbert Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birches Head & Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lane Farm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzherbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lane Farm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brocklehurst Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbotts Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fitzherbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothsay Avenue | Under investigation |
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