Total Crime Rate

107.3 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 107.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Dawlish Drive area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 366th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dawlish Drive (ST2 0HQ) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend average (134.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawlish Drive (ST2 0HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rayleigh Way (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dawlish Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalecot Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Middlefield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Housefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Winchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Middlefield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ubberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Housefield Road
Sep 2025Public order Rochford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rayleigh Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bitterne Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nethercote Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nethercote Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintagel Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Plainfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamble Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamble Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Housefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Romer Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dawlish Drive

Data Sources

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