Total Crime Rate

189.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 189.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.8 9/10
  • Other theft 19.4 9/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Liverpool Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 33rd 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 Liverpool Road (ST7 1EA) in the last 12 months was 189.3 per 1,000 residents and was 122.2% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 101.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liverpool Road (ST7 1EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs A50 Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampshire Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A50 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Wood Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Meadows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadows Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meadows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A50 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hampshire Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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