Total Crime Rate

120.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • 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
  • 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

Crown Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 67th highest 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 Crown Gardens (ST7 1XH) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crown Gardens (ST7 1XH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Taylors Place, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crown Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Taylors Place
Sep 2025Public order Crown Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Springhead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylors Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Taylors Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Taylors Place 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 Springhead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Springhead Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Taylors Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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