Crime Rates at Lower High Street, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 3PB

Lower High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Brereton Rural , and the 248th highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Lower High Street (ST7 3PB) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 91.7% higher than the Brereton Rural average (48.9 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower High Street (ST7 3PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Street (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.