Total Crime Rate

33.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 33.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Monument Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 125th lowest 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 Monument Road (ST7 1SJ) in the last 12 months was 33.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monument Road (ST7 1SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chester Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashenough Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monument Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Springhead Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Springhead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crown Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wedgwood Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springhead Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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