Total Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitehouse Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abbey Hulton , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehouse Road (ST2 8HL) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% lower than the Abbey Hulton average (107.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -86.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -86.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehouse Road (ST2 8HL), the main crime hotspot is near Greasley Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey Hulton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greasley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kevermunt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wallis Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newhouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bryant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bryant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greasley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliveden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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