Total Crime Rate
173.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodlands 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.
View Crime In Boothen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claytonwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allenby Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allenby Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillfield Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Little-Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ronson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ronson Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymevale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymevale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymevale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymevale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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