Total Crime Rate

121.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 121.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Newstead Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abbey Hulton , and the 317th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

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 Newstead Road (ST2 8HU) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% higher than the Abbey Hulton average (107.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newstead Road (ST2 8HU), the main crime hotspot is near Greasley Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newstead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bryant Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bryant Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wallis Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greasley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greasley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newhouse Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kevermunt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neale Place —
Sep 2025Drugs South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Public order Elmcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliveden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmcroft Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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