Total Crime Rate
104.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waterloo Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 389th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Road (ST6 2ER) in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterloo Road (ST6 2ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pitt Street East, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonor Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rushton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Emerson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wulstan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pitt Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glendale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camoys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Macintyre Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macintyre Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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