Total Crime Rate
854.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
281.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chapel Street (ST5 6QA) in the last 12 months was 854.2 per 1,000 residents and was 649.7% higher than the Cross Heath average (113.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 281.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (ST5 6QA), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Madeley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoredale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Public order | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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