Total Crime Rate

83.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 44.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Cotswold Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Crackley & Red Street , and the 141st highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cotswold Avenue (ST5 6HS) in the last 12 months was 83.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Crackley & Red Street average (66.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotswold Avenue (ST5 6HS), the main crime hotspot is near Grove Street. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Knutton

Crime Over Time in Cotswold Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheviot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grove Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gordon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Pennine Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennine Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennine Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Gordon Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grove Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Cemetery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gordon Street Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 14 of 14

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑