Total Crime Rate
311.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hassell Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 16th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hassell Street (ST5 1AX) in the last 12 months was 311.3 per 1,000 residents and was 232.4% higher than the Cross Heath average (93.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 260.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 147.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hassell Street (ST5 1AX), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 387 crimes here, including 165 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cross Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | School Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrew Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | School Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Well Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
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