Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodcote Close area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 363rd highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodcote Close (ST3 1DD) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Fenton East average (377.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodcote Close (ST3 1DD), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priorfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughborough Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middle Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grafton Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Transport Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Longley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Railway Passage | Under investigation |
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