Crime Statistics for Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

There were a total of 638 street level crime incidents in Birches Head in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Birches Head, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	208
Anti Social Behaviour	112
Shoplifting	66
Public Order	65
Criminal Damage Arson	60
Other Theft	34
Burglary	21
Drugs	20
Vehicle Crime	17
Possession Of Weapons	10
Robbery	9
Other Crime	8
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	3
All Crime	638

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Birches Head. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Birches Head

We've taken the ten nearest places to Birches Head and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Birches Head has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Hanley (0.88 miles)	686
Birches Head	638
Stoke-on-Trent (1.39 miles)	587
Northwood	582
Cobridge (1.24 miles)	547
Burslem (1.39 miles)	377
Bucknall (0.88 miles)	342
Berry Hill (1.39 miles)	271
Townsend (1.39 miles)	232
Abbey Hulton (1.24 miles)	190

Where are the most violent places near Birches Head?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Birches Head and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Hanley	213
Birches Head	208
Northwood	189
Stoke-on-Trent	179
Cobridge	150
Bucknall	136
Burslem	134
Berry Hill	100
Townsend	92
Abbey Hulton	91

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Birches Head?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Birches Head to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Birches Head compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Birches Head and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Birches Head is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Joiner's Square	91
2	Moorcroft	90
3	Etruria and Hanley	88
4	Abbey Hulton and Townsend	79
5	Ford Green and Smallthorne	77
6	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
7	Eaton Park	75
8	Birches Head and Central Forest Park	67
9	Sneyd Green	59
10	Hartshill and Basford	56
11	Baddeley, Milton and Norton	54

Which road in Birches Head has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Birches Head with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Leek Road.