Crime Rate in Loggerheads, ward

Loggerheads has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Newcastle-under-Lyme district and the 1032nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 82nd lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Loggerheads in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.9% lower than the Newcastle-under-Lyme district average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Loggerheads’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Loggerheads ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Bell Orchard. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.