Total Crime Rate

59.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 59.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.1 5/10
  • Drugs 18.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Michaels Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 189th highest 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 St Michaels Road (ST5 9LP) in the last 12 months was 59.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% lower than the Cross Heath average (93.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Michaels Road (ST5 9LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Brook Court, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croft Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Michaels Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hempstalls Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beattie Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Green Brook Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hempstalls Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hempstalls Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hempstalls Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tulip Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkspur Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larkspur Grove

Data Sources

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