Crime Rates at Lamb Street, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 4AL

Lamb Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 34th 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 Lamb Street (ST7 4AL) in the last 12 months was 196.0 per 1,000 residents and was 95.1% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 131.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lamb Street (ST7 4AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.