Total Crime Rate

196.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 196.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.3 10/10
  • Public order 26.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Third Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 29th 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 Third Avenue (ST7 1BY) in the last 12 months was 196.3 per 1,000 residents and was 130.4% higher than the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe average (85.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 211.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 111.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Third Avenue (ST7 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near First Avenue. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Third Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Third Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Meadows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadows Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Meadows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fourth Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fourth Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fourth Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Third Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs First Avenue Local resolution

Data Sources

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