Total Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norfolk Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Road (ST7 1EZ) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norfolk Road (ST7 1EZ), 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 | A50 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gloucester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hampshire Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampshire Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A50 | Under investigation |
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