Total Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 104th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Road (ST5 6LP) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 152.4% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -24.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road (ST5 6LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near May Street (22 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 | Abbey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Duke Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | May Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | May Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoredale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Madeley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haydock Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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