Total Crime Rate
155.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wrenbury Crescent area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend , and the 235th highest crime rate of 844 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 Wrenbury Crescent (ST2 9LA) in the last 12 months was 155.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wrenbury Crescent (ST2 9LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yateley Close, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranfield Place (19 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Farleigh Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wendy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendy Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wendover Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yateley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wendy Close | — |
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