Photo: Jonathan Kington · CC BY-SA 2.0Violent crime per resident is higher in Biddulph than in 75% of UK towns
Police recorded 18 cases of robbery in Biddulph in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 1 per 1,000 against a typical 0.5. Graded on crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it scores C for safety: #32 of 46 in Staffordshire. Violence recorded locally dropped 5% in a year. Annual rates stand at 33.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Biddulph
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 5% less violent crime per resident in Biddulph than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 333 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000 people, Biddulph has the 186th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than South Normanton and Pinxton, Killingworth and Swallownest and Aston, higher than South Hayling, Hessle and Enderby and Narborough. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 28% of Biddulph’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 8% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Biddulph’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 2,395 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Biddulph against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Biddulph identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 50% of Biddulph’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 4% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (73% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 9% of violent and 11% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 836 crimes.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Biddulph runs highest on robbery (1 per 1,000 against 0.5), possession of weapons (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.7) and anti-social behaviour (16 per 1,000 against 12.4). Other theft and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 506 | 28.9 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 279 | 16 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 125 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 81 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 55 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 53 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 45 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 40 | 2.3 | 6.1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 32 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 19 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 18 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 17 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
1 in 4 Biddulph residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
45% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 8% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Biddulph’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Crime in Biddulph per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Biddulph has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -5% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +1% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -3% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +35% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Biddulph North, Biddulph South and Biddulph West; highest in Biddulph East
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biddulph North | 4,814 | 12.9 | 5.4 | |
| Biddulph South | 1,589 | 31 | 12.8 | |
| Biddulph West | 5,026 | 33.6 | 17 | |
| Biddulph East | 6,061 | 50 | 13 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopping areas | 98 | 31% shoplifting & theft |
| Police stations | 61 | 41% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 34 | 53% violent |
| Petrol stations | 20 | 30% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Biddulph East records 2× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Biddulph. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Biddulph. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Biddulph’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Towns its size: Biddulph comes 186th of 333
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Wombourne Staffordshire | 12,810 | 22.4 | 10.2 | 7.7 | B− |
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| 101 | Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire | 17,647 | 24.7 | 10.8 | 9.8 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 157 | Stone Staffordshire | 17,282 | 32.6 | 9 | 11.1 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 160 | Uttoxeter Staffordshire | 14,024 | 33.1 | 8.9 | 11.3 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 183 | South Hayling Hampshire | 15,305 | 34.4 | 10.9 | 8.8 | C |
| 184 | Hessle East Riding of Yorkshire | 15,489 | 30.3 | 15.1 | 13.9 | C |
| 185 | Enderby and Narborough Leicestershire | 13,178 | 32 | 13.5 | 12 | C |
| 186 | Biddulph Staffordshire | 17,490 | 33.5 | 12.2 | 5.6 | C |
| 187 | Strabane Derry City and Strabane | 13,507 | 35.1 | 10.7 | 9.2 | C |
| 188 | Dorking Surrey | 17,463 | 31.2 | 14.6 | 12.9 | C |
| 189 | Haydock Merseyside | 16,143 | 33.2 | 12.7 | 11.9 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 333 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Biddulph, and others in Staffordshire.
One person died in collisions on Biddulph’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 45 collisions with injuries inside Biddulph in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 11 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Biddulph’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Biddulph’s own rate (1.1) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Biddulph had 12.6 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Biddulph’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Biddulph
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biddulph | 17,490 | 33.5 | 12.2 | C |
| Biddulph Moor | 1,286 | 15.3 | 8.3 | B+ |
| Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel | 3,637 | 18.2 | 7.9 | B+ |
| Brown Edge | 2,374 | 15.3 | 7.7 | A− |
| Scholar Green | 2,095 | 16.2 | 5.4 | A− |
| Endon | 2,655 | 22.4 | 9.4 | B− |
| Kidsgrove | 15,598 | 36 | 10.5 | C |
| Congleton | 30,001 | 38.6 | 9.2 | C− |
Biddulph records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Kidsgrove and Congleton record more. Biddulph Moor, 1.3 miles away, records 15.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Biddulph’s 33.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Biddulph sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Biddulph
Is Biddulph safe?
Police recorded 33.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Biddulph’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 27% of UK towns. Among 333 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000 people, Biddulph is 186th from the least crime. 28% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Biddulph?
By council ward, Biddulph North, Biddulph South and Biddulph West record the least violent and household crime per resident: 12.9, 31 and 33.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 50 in Biddulph East.
Is crime going up in Biddulph?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 5%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 35%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Biddulph?
Violence & sexual offences: 506 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (125) and public order (81), with 279 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Biddulph compare with Stoke-on-Trent?
Stoke-on-Trent records 55.1 violent and sexual offences and 23.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Biddulph’s 33.5 and 12.2, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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