Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Farmers Bank area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 80th 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 Farmers Bank (ST5 6NE) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 145.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farmers Bank (ST5 6NE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Farmers Bank area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brook Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Rookery Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shoredale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shoredale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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