Crime Rates at Harecastle Villas, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 1EQ

Harecastle Villas area has the 13th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 66th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Harecastle Villas (ST7 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 140.5 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harecastle Villas (ST7 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B5371 (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.