Total Crime Rate
242.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Liverpool Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 28th 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 242.7 per 1,000 residents and was 141.7% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 106.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% 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 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Rise (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Wood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A50 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lincoln Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampshire Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadows Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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