Total Crime Rate

135.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 135.9 9/10
  • Other theft 35.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Whitmore Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Loggerheads , and the 56th 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 Whitmore Road (ST5 4DT) in the last 12 months was 135.9 per 1,000 residents and was 288.5% higher than the Loggerheads average (35.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 214.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitmore Road (ST5 4DT), the main crime hotspot is near Whitmore Road. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitmore Road area

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Data Sources

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