Total Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wendling Close area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 362nd lowest crime rate of 841 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 Wendling Close (ST2 0PP) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend average (148.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wendling Close (ST2 0PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hutton Way, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwell Way (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dereham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hutton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dereham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chelmsford Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reedham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beverley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beverley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swaffham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lockington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chadwell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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