Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST8 6QS
How much crime is recorded in ST8 6QS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Biddulph North & Brownlees
- Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,561 (2024)
ST8 6QSStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST8 6QS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST8 6QS 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
16.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
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).
ST8 6QSNational
Violence and sexual offences11.523.6
Anti-social behaviour4.310.7
Burglary3.49.1
Other theft3.14.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Robbery0.91.4
Public order0.74.6
Other crime0.61.5
Drugs0.62.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Theft from the person0.12.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 34% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.