Total Crime Rate
547.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stevenson Road area has the highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 15th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stevenson Road (ST2 8AG) in the last 12 months was 547.2 per 1,000 residents and was 307.8% higher than the Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend average (134.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 185.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 241.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stevenson Road (ST2 8AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winston Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piggott Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winston Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clowes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clowes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clowes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clowes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stevenson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stevenson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marychurch Road | Under investigation |
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