Total Crime Rate

140.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 140.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.3 9/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Oakwood Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blurton , and the 273rd 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 Oakwood Road (ST3 3AU) in the last 12 months was 140.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% higher than the Blurton average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakwood Road (ST3 3AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaconsfield Drive, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Allendale Walk (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oakwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Beech Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashby Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Allendale Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beech Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oakwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaconsfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linden Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft Linden Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Drive —
Sep 2025Public order Linden Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linden Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashby Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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