Total Crime Rate

47.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Watering Trough Bank area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 180th lowest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watering Trough Bank (CW3 9LT) in the last 12 months was 47.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Keele average (45.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watering Trough Bank (CW3 9LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Honeywall Lane, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Agger Hill (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watering Trough Bank area

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Data Sources

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