Crime Rates at Loomer Road, Newcastle, ST5 7JS

Loomer Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Crackley & Red Street , and the 4th 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 Loomer Road (ST5 7JS) in the last 12 months was 594.9 per 1,000 residents and was 802.0% 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 Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 204.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Loomer Road (ST5 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 80 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.