Total Crime Rate
187.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Matilda Grove area has the 15th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 38th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Matilda Grove (ST5 9FH) in the last 12 months was 187.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% higher than the Cross Heath average (113.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (β 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 202.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Matilda Grove (ST5 9FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arthur Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cross Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wilmot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmot Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valentine Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matilda Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Bernard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moran Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Milehouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmot Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valentine Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viggars Place | β |
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