Total Crime Rate

116.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.9 7/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

North Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 347th highest crime rate of 841 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 North Road (ST6 2DB) in the last 12 months was 116.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% lower than the Birches Head & Northwood average (140.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Road (ST6 2DB), the main crime hotspot is near Hillary Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in North Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Purbeck Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Martin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Milburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lindley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fraser Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sandbach Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandbach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Martin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Martin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Martin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sudlow Street —
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Data Sources

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