Crime Rate in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe, ward

Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newcastle-under-Lyme district and the 1790th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 176th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% higher than the Newcastle-under-Lyme district average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 385 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 486 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 98 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.