Total Crime Rate
113.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dawlish Drive area has the 28th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 358th highest crime rate of 841 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 Dawlish Drive (ST2 0RH) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dawlish Drive (ST2 0RH), the main crime hotspot is near Sydenham Place. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitridge Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spalding Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spalding Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spalding Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalecot Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Homestead Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spalding Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spalding Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croftfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croftfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croftfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tally Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tally Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plainfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plainfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middlefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Calvary Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middlefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitridge Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nethercote Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitridge Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitridge Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Housefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Panturner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydenham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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