Total Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Winterbourne Grove area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Longton & Meir Hay South , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winterbourne Grove (ST3 5TU) in the last 12 months was 25.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% lower than the Longton & Meir Hay South average (54.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winterbourne Grove (ST3 5TU), the main crime hotspot is near Stockwell Grove. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Longton & Meir Hay South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copplestone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackheath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pinhoe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterdale Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tutbury Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ledstone Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackheath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackheath Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copplestone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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