Total Crime Rate
82.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swan Bank area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Bradwell , and the 144th 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 Swan Bank (ST7 1PR) in the last 12 months was 82.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% higher than the Bradwell average (79.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swan Bank (ST7 1PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hunters Way, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chester Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Talke & Butt Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedgwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lichfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lichfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merelake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hunters Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Way | Under investigation |
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