Total Crime Rate
91.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Honeywood area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Cross Heath , and the 110th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Honeywood (ST5 9PT) in the last 12 months was 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honeywood (ST5 9PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Enderley Street, where police recorded 23 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.
View Crime In Cross Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempstalls Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tulip Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hempstalls Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Larkspur Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Green Brook Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkspur Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempstalls Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beattie Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempstalls Lane | Under investigation |
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