Total Crime Rate

67.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 67.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Leek New Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 321st lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leek New Road (ST6 2NA) in the last 12 months was 67.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leek New Road (ST6 2NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellis Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingswinford Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leek New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Casewell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holden Avenue North Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ellis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rhondda Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Casewell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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