Total Crime Rate

218.8 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 218.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 38.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Burglary 17.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Robbery 13.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Sneyd Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 123rd 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 Sneyd Street (ST6 2NP) in the last 12 months was 218.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -70.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 112.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sneyd Street (ST6 2NP), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Birches Head & Northwood

Crime Over Time in Sneyd Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Casewell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sneyd Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sneyd Street
Sep 2025Public order Sneyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rhondda Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Casewell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.