Total Crime Rate

109.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Liverpool Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 96th 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 Liverpool Road (ST5 9HF) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% lower than the Cross Heath average (113.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liverpool Road (ST5 9HF), the main crime hotspot is near Poplar Court. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Limestone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Derwent Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Limestone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Poplar Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albermarle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Junction Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saunders Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Goodwin Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derwent Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Derwent Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Derwent Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brant Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coppice View —
Apr 2026Other theft Wilton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilton Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Wilton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brant Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovatt Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovatt Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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