Total Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silverdale Sidings area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Silverdale Sidings (ST5 6JF) in the last 12 months was 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower than the Keele average (41.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silverdale Sidings (ST5 6JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silk Court, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkfields Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Silverdale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sneyd Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bromley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silverdale Sidings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daly Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daly Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sneyd Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Piren Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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