Total Crime Rate

127.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Birchall Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 304th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birchall Avenue (ST6 4QD) in the last 12 months was 127.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% higher than the Goldenhill & Sandyford average (108.7 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchall Avenue (ST6 4QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotton Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sneyd Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birchall Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferney Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George Eardley Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotton Road —
Sep 2025Public order Cotton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferney Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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