Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST7 8PH
How much crime is recorded in ST7 8PH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Audley & Bignall End
- Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,489 (2024)
ST7 8PHStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST7 8PH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST7 8PH area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
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).
ST7 8PHNational
Violence and sexual offences19.123.6
Public order2.54.6
Other theft2.34.5
Anti-social behaviour2.210.7
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other crime1.71.5
Drugs1.62.4
Burglary1.69.1
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.