Crime Rates at Wainwood Rise, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 5LX

Wainwood Rise area has the 9th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 98th 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 Wainwood Rise (ST4 5LX) in the last 12 months was 241.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% higher than the Boothen average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 130.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wainwood Rise (ST4 5LX), the main crime hotspot is near Wain Drive. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.