Crime Rates at Abbey Street, Newcastle, ST5 6ND

Abbey Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 84th 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 Abbey Street (ST5 6ND) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 179.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Street (ST5 6ND), 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.