Total Crime Rate

36.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 36.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sparch Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in May Bank , and the 136th lowest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sparch Avenue (ST5 9JW) in the last 12 months was 36.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% lower than the May Bank average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sparch Avenue (ST5 9JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Adams Street, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandhurst Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sparch Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhurst Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tudor Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southlands Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhurst Close Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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