Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST8 7HT
How much crime is recorded in ST8 7HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Biddulph Moor & Rudyard
- Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,493 (2024)
ST8 7HTStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST8 7HT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST8 7HT 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
15.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
24
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 7HTNational
Burglary10.59.1
Violence and sexual offences10.523.6
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Other theft1.04.5
Public order0.54.6
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.41.4
Drugs0.22.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 84% 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.