Total Crime Rate

173.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.5 10/10
  • Drugs 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Other crime 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodlands Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 193rd 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 Woodlands Road (ST4 6ST) in the last 12 months was 173.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 181.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 135.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodlands Road (ST4 6ST), the main crime hotspot is near St John'S Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodlands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claytonwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ronson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Allenby Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robertson Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allenby Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hillfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hillfield Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Little-Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ronson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ronson Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lymevale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lymevale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lymevale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lymevale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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