Total Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wimborne Avenue area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blurton , and the 391st highest crime rate of 844 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 Wimborne Avenue (ST3 3LT) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 84.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimborne Avenue (ST3 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Witchford Crescent, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyndham Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blurton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Witchford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twyning Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yardley Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yeovil Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeovil Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorpe Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thorpe Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Witchford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Witchford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ufton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yaxley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yaxley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barlaston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rothley Green | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothley Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ventnor Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wimborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thatcham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Urmston Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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