Total Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Woodside Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Thistleberry , and the 100th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodside Crescent (ST5 4BW) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% higher than the Thistleberry average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 157.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 137.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodside Crescent (ST5 4BW), the main crime hotspot is near Woodside Crescent. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodside Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barn Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaswood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaswood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaswood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodside Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fox Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Glendale Court Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 7 of 7

Data Sources

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