Total Crime Rate
130.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Winchester Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 297th 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 Winchester Avenue (ST2 0LL) in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winchester Avenue (ST2 0LL), 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.
View Crime In Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nethercote Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rochford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Winchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalecot Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nethercote Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ubberley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamble Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamble Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Middlefield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Middlefield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Housefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Housefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Housefield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bargrave Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bargrave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bargrave Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gristhorpe Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rayleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawlish Drive | — |
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