Total Crime Rate

299.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 299.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.4 10/10
  • Burglary 22.1 10/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

This area has the 4th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 52nd 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 This (ST6 2JN) in the last 12 months was 299.7 per 1,000 residents and was 129.0% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 148.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode ST6 2JN, the main crime hotspot is near Douglas Street. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in ST6 2JN area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Elder Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Furnival Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hillary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Brocklehurst Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Edgeware Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bowness Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bowness Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Emery Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowness Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowness Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furnival Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Furnival Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Furnival Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Furnival Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crystal Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Douglas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Douglas Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Douglas Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Windermere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Windermere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulgrave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulgrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mulgrave Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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