Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Gordon Avenue area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 394th lowest crime rate of 844 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 Gordon Avenue (ST6 2LY) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.3% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gordon Avenue (ST6 2LY), the main crime hotspot is near Sneyd Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gordon Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sneyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rhondda Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adkins Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ellis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sneyd Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sneyd Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Casewell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Casewell Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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