Total Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beasley Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Bradwell , and the 93rd 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 Beasley Avenue (ST5 7RW) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower than the Bradwell average (79.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beasley Avenue (ST5 7RW), 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.
View Crime In Holditch & Chesterton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beasley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tenby Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wright Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hodgkinson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftstead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftstead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittain Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Croftstead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beasley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittain Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittain Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reynolds Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reynolds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | London Road | Local resolution |
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