Crime Rates at Rupert Street, Biddulph, Stoke-on-trent, ST8 6EB

Rupert Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Biddulph East , and the 4th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rupert Street (ST8 6EB) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 478.6% higher than the Biddulph East average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -78.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 245.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rupert Street (ST8 6EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadows Way, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.