Crime Rates at St Nicholas Avenue, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 8LQ

St Nicholas Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Baddeley, Milton & Norton , and the 415th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Nicholas Avenue (ST6 8LQ) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% higher than the Baddeley, Milton & Norton average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Nicholas Avenue (ST6 8LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silver Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnett Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.