Total Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodberry Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 841 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 Woodberry Avenue (ST4 5LL) in the last 12 months was 38.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.2% lower than the Boothen average (194.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodberry Avenue (ST4 5LL), the main crime hotspot is near Wain Drive. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wainwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sutton Drive | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fremantle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Withies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Withies Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fremantle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fremantle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alder Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fremantle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tarporley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shilton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shilton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wainwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wainwood Rise | Under investigation |
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