Total Crime Rate
117.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grangewood Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Meir Park , and the 328th 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 Grangewood Avenue (ST3 7BJ) in the last 12 months was 117.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grangewood Avenue (ST3 7BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grangewood Avenue, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Viscount Walk (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Meir Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grangewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grangewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandon Old Road | — |
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