Crime Rates at Wood Place, Stoke-on-trent, ST3 6BW

Wood Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney , and the 168th highest crime rate of 841 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 Wood Place (ST3 6BW) in the last 12 months was 198.0 per 1,000 residents and was 195.2% higher than the Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 135.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Place (ST3 6BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Walk, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blatchford Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.