Crime Rates at Gainsborough Road, Newcastle, ST5 7LF

Gainsborough Road 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 Gainsborough Road (ST5 7LF) 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 Gainsborough Road (ST5 7LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hogarth Place, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Mount (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.