Total Crime Rate
67.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingswinford Place 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 Kingswinford Place (ST6 2NN) 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 Kingswinford Place (ST6 2NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bellingham Grove, where police recorded 18 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.
View Crime In Birches Head & Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellingham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chertsey Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haliford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haliford Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chertsey Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casewell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rhondda Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellingham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casewell Road | Under investigation |
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