Total Crime Rate

60.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Elstree Grove area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 283rd lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elstree Grove (ST1 6UB) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elstree Grove (ST1 6UB), the main crime hotspot is near Grantham Place. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Elstree Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Delius Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bexhill Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Perivale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elstree Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Street —
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Data Sources

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