Total Crime Rate

142.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fox Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 51st 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 Fox Gardens (ST7 1RG) in the last 12 months was 142.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 108.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fox Gardens (ST7 1RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bishop'S Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Saviour'S Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fox Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollins Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hunters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mitchell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Springfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banbury Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hunters Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hunters Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Saviour'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviour'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Saviour'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviour'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Unity Way —
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Data Sources

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