Total Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Reynolds Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Crackley & Red Street , and the 73rd 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 Reynolds Avenue (ST5 7JL) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.9% higher than the Crackley & Red Street average (66.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Reynolds Avenue (ST5 7JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wright Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holditch & Chesterton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mount | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | London Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wright Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reynolds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reynolds Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pit Head Close | — |
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