Total Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Braemore Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abbey Hulton , and the 340th 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 Braemore Road (ST2 8JS) in the last 12 months was 71.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower than the Abbey Hulton average (107.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Braemore Road (ST2 8JS), the main crime hotspot is near Elmsmere Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 26 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 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greasley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greasley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kevermunt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmsmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmsmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmsmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmsmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmsmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmsmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elmsmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmsmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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