Total Crime Rate
300.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Landseer Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Crackley & Red Street , and the 20th 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 Landseer Place (ST5 7LE) in the last 12 months was 300.7 per 1,000 residents and was 356.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 209.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Landseer Place (ST5 7LE), the main crime hotspot is near Hadrian Way. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Holditch & Chesterton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuscan Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuscan Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mount | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reynolds Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadrian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadrian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hadrian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hadrian Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pit Head Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reynolds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palatine Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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