Crime Statistics for Townsend, Brookhouse, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

Crime statistics for Townsend, Brookhouse

There were a total of 232 street level crime incidents in Townsend in January 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 Townsend, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime92
Anti Social Behaviour32
Shoplifting23
Criminal Damage Arson21
Public Order16
Other Theft14
Vehicle Crime11
Burglary8
Other Crime5
Drugs4
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime232

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Townsend

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Birches Head (1.39 miles)582
Northwood (1.39 miles)582
Bucknall (0.62 miles)342
Berry Hill (0.88 miles)257
Townsend232
Ubberley (0.62 miles)227
Bentilee (0.62 miles)227
Abbey Hulton (0.62 miles)188
Washerwall (1.24 miles)65
Armshead (1.39 miles)32

12.34%
of Bentilee and Ubberley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Townsend?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Birches Head189
Northwood189
Bucknall136
Berry Hill96
Ubberley95
Bentilee95
Abbey Hulton93
Townsend92
Washerwall30
Armshead18

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

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 Townsend 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 Townsend compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Townsend and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Townsend is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Joiner's Square91
2Etruria and Hanley88
3Bentilee and Ubberley86
4Abbey Hulton and Townsend79
5Eaton Park75
6Sandford Hill73
7Birches Head and Central Forest Park67
8Baddeley, Milton and Norton54
9Cellarhead27
10Bagnall and Stanley25
11Werrington20

Which road in Townsend has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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