Total Crime Rate
189.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Liverpool 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.
View Crime In Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A50 | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampshire Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A50 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Wood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Meadows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Meadows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A50 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hampshire Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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