Total Crime Rate

85.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.9 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Norwich Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 406th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norwich Road (ST2 0NJ) in the last 12 months was 85.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwich Road (ST2 0NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Ruthin Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Norwich Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Winchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reading Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kendal Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Taunton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Bank Road
Sep 2025Public order Rochford Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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