Crime Rates at High Lane, Brown Edge, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 8QA

High Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Bagnall and Stanley , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Lane (ST6 8QA) in the last 12 months was 70.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% higher than the Bagnall and Stanley average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Lane (ST6 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leek Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willfield Court (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.