Total Crime Rate
157.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newcastle Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 227th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newcastle Road (ST4 6QE) in the last 12 months was 157.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Boothen average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newcastle Road (ST4 6QE), the main crime hotspot is near St John'S Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Boothen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mace Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillfield Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claytonwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allenby Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allenby Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keelings Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A34 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Brook Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Brook Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mace Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyme Brook Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walton Road | — |
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