Total Crime Rate

412.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 412.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 140.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 43.7 8/10
  • Public order 34.0 10/10
  • Drugs 24.3 10/10
  • Burglary 19.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Other crime 14.6 10/10
  • Robbery 14.6 10/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Malthouse Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 23rd 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 Malthouse Road (ST2 9HZ) in the last 12 months was 412.6 per 1,000 residents and was 207.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 140.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malthouse Road (ST2 9HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Twigg Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Malthouse Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Twigg Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Twigg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twigg Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Twigg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Twigg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Twigg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marychurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Twigg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Twigg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arclid Way
Sep 2025Public order Twigg Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Twigg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Twigg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stevenson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twigg Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twigg Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twigg Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arclid Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stevenson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Twigg Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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