Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollins Crescent area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 180th lowest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hollins Crescent (ST7 1JX) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollins Crescent (ST7 1JX), the main crime hotspot is near B5371. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Talke & Butt Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollinwood Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Ash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollinwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harecastle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollinwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hollinwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Springfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B5371 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5371 | — |
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