Total Crime Rate

311.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 311.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.6 10/10
  • Public order 31.5 10/10
  • Burglary 22.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.0 9/10
  • Drugs 18.9 10/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
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

Hassell 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 1BF) 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 1BF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hassell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stubbs' Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stubbs' Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Grosvenor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft West Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —

Data Sources

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