Crime Rate in Crackley & Red Street, ward

Crackley & Red Street has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newcastle-under-Lyme district and the 3691st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 364th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Crackley & Red Street in the last 12 months was 65.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Newcastle-under-Lyme district average (83.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Crackley & Red Street’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 211 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 249 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Crackley & Red Street ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Burford Avenue, with 40 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Applecroft (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.