Crime Rates at High Street, Biddulph, Stoke-on-trent, ST8 6UU

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Biddulph East , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 316 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 High Street (ST8 6UU) in the last 12 months was 530.7 per 1,000 residents and was 472.9% higher than the Biddulph East average (92.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 239.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ST8 6UU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadows Way, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.