Total Crime Rate

176.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 176.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Nile Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 186th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nile Street (ST6 2BH) in the last 12 months was 176.9 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% higher than the Birches Head & Northwood average (130.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nile Street (ST6 2BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pitt Street East, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nile Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashburton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Macintyre Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kirby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashburton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rushton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Walley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Camoys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warburton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pitt Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pitt Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rushton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bettany Road

Data Sources

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