Total Crime Rate

29.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.6 3/10
  • Violent crimes 27.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowers Drive area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Keele , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowers Drive (ST5 6SL) in the last 12 months was 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowers Drive (ST5 6SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Piren Green, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coppice Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowers Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bromley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coppice Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bromley Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coppice Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Sidings Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baxter Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parkfields Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkfields Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkfields Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Piren Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
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Data Sources

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