Crime Rates at Gladstone Villas, Newcastle, ST5 1NN

Gladstone Villas area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 124th 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 Gladstone Villas (ST5 1NN) in the last 12 months was 91.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower than the Cross Heath average (113.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gladstone Villas (ST5 1NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near London Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.