Total Crime Rate

114.5 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 114.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kipling Way area has the 31st highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 337th 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 Kipling Way (ST2 0NX) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kipling Way (ST2 0NX), 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 Kipling Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamble Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rayleigh Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rochford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamble Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bargrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bargrave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bargrave Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gristhorpe Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dereham Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Taunton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ubberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Winchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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