Crime Rates at Willowood Grove, Stoke-on-trent, ST3 6HG

Willowood Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Meir Park , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willowood Grove (ST3 6HG) in the last 12 months was 432.2 per 1,000 residents and was 391.2% higher than the Meir Park average (88.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 62.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -72.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 105.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willowood Grove (ST3 6HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadowcroft Avenue, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denewood Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.