Total Crime Rate
142.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brookwood Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Longton & Meir Hay South , and the 264th 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 Brookwood Drive (ST3 6JG) in the last 12 months was 142.0 per 1,000 residents and was 159.2% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookwood Drive (ST3 6JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Macdonald Crescent, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weston Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Longton & Meir Hay South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coyney Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Weston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coyney Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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