Total Crime Rate

227.1 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 227.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 29.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Coniston 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.

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Crime Over Time in Coniston Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Avon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weaver Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Meakin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meakin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weaver Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weaver Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Medway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weaver Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsbridge Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A519 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A519 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Weaver Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A519 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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