Total Crime Rate

300.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 300.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 142.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Public order 33.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.6 10/10
  • Other theft 19.1 9/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Moss Green Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 74th highest crime rate of 841 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 Moss Green Road (ST2 0SP) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 101.9% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moss Green Road (ST2 0SP), the main crime hotspot is near Newcomen Grove. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Moss Green Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitridge Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plainfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Croftfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canary Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canary Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tally Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tally Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brattice Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brattice Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sydenham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nethercote Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Croftfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Panturner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Calvary Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitridge Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitridge Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitridge Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Homestead Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homestead Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homestead Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Croftfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plainfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mineal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Newcomen Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mineal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mineal Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcomen Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcomen Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Newcomen Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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