Crime Rates at Blackfriars Road, Newcastle, ST5 2ED

Blackfriars Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 95th 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 Blackfriars Road (ST5 2ED) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackfriars Road (ST5 2ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 240 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (113 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.