Total Crime Rate
257.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitehall Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 25th 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 Whitehall Avenue (ST7 1ET) in the last 12 months was 257.4 per 1,000 residents and was 156.3% higher than the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehall Avenue (ST7 1ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadows Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Wood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 | Drugs | Kinnersley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kinnersley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A50 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lincoln Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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