Crime Rates at Lower Ash Road, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 1DF

Lower Ash Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 127th lowest 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 Lower Ash Road (ST7 1DF) in the last 12 months was 30.8 per 1,000 residents and was 69.3% lower than the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Ash Road (ST7 1DF), the main crime hotspot is near B5371. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.