Total Crime Rate

157.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 157.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Newcastle 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.

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Crime Over Time in Newcastle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mace Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Hillfield Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claytonwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allenby Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Allenby Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robertson Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keelings Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A34 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alder Walk —
Sep 2025Drugs Hillfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alder Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyme Brook Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyme Brook Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mace Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Walton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyme Brook Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walton Road —

Data Sources

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