Crime Rates at Waterloo Road, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 3HL

Waterloo Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 51st highest crime rate of 841 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 Waterloo Road (ST6 3HL) in the last 12 months was 340.7 per 1,000 residents and was 142.5% higher than the Birches Head & Northwood average (140.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 148.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (ST6 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Emerson Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.