Total Crime Rate

127.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Barthomley Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 305th 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 Barthomley Road (ST1 6NS) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barthomley Road (ST1 6NS), the main crime hotspot is near Merrick Street. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barthomley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Eldon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Eldon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Boulton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrop Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hammersley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chorlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammersley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mount Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birches Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myatt Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Myatt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glover Street —
Sep 2025Public order Fairfax Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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