Total Crime Rate

34.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 34.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 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
  • Public order 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

Loomer Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Crackley & Red Street , and the 131st 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 Loomer Road (ST5 7LB) in the last 12 months was 34.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% lower than the Crackley & Red Street average (65.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Loomer Road (ST5 7LB), the main crime hotspot is near Hadrian Way. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Loomer Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landseer Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadrian Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brutus Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pit Head Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pit Head Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadrian Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hadrian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadrian Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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