Crime Rates at High Street, Silverdale, Newcastle, ST5 6LY

High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 57th 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 High Street (ST5 6LY) in the last 12 months was 135.1 per 1,000 residents and was 198.5% higher than the Keele average (45.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 119.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 342.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ST5 6LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near May Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.