Crime Rates at Leonard Drive, Brown Edge, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 8RZ

Leonard Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Bagnall and Stanley , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leonard Drive (ST6 8RZ) in the last 12 months was 58.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leonard Drive (ST6 8RZ), 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.