Total Crime Rate

150.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.5 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 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

Fitzherbert Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 244th 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 Fitzherbert Road (ST1 6JE) in the last 12 months was 150.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fitzherbert Road (ST1 6JE), the main crime hotspot is near Milton Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fitzherbert Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzherbert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Pleydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Arkwright Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pleydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pleydell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pleydell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fitzherbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pleydell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pleydell Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Parade Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Repington Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Repington Road
Sep 2025Public order Wentworth Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyrell Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tyrell Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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