Total Crime Rate
227.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coniston Grove area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Clayton , and the 24th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
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 Coniston Grove (ST5 3HL) in the last 12 months was 227.1 per 1,000 residents and was 295.7% higher than the Clayton average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 192.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coniston Grove (ST5 3HL), the main crime hotspot is near Medway Place. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clayton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Avon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Meakin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meakin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Medway Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A519 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A519 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weaver Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A519 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Close | Under investigation |
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