Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST2 8DD
How much crime is recorded in ST2 8DD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Birches Head
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,303 (2024)
ST2 8DDStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST2 8DD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST2 8DD area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
ST2 8DDNational
Violence and sexual offences12.423.6
Anti-social behaviour4.510.7
Public order3.54.6
Burglary3.59.1
Possession of weapons1.80.9
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Drugs1.12.4
Other theft0.64.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 43% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.