Postcode · Stoke-on-Trent
Crime in ST8 7RT
How much crime is recorded in ST8 7RT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Biddulph Moor & Rudyard
- Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,785 (2024)
ST8 7RTStoke-on-Trent
How safe is ST8 7RT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 13.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST8 7RT area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
13.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
23
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 7RTNational
Burglary13.39.1
Violence and sexual offences6.223.6
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Public order2.74.6
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other theft0.84.5
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Drugs0.42.4
Other crime0.41.5
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.