Total Crime Rate

83.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Buxton Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 125th 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 Buxton Avenue (ST5 6RG) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buxton Avenue (ST5 6RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Piren Green, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coppice Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buxton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baxter Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Underwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Underwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baxter Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Baxter Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Piren Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bowers Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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