Total Crime Rate

258.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 258.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 49.8 8/10
  • Public order 39.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Vinebank Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 20th 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 Vinebank Road (ST7 4BA) in the last 12 months was 258.7 per 1,000 residents and was 203.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 114.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vinebank Road (ST7 4BA), the main crime hotspot is near Attwood Street. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vinebank Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A50 Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A50 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A50 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Attwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinnersley Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order The Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rutland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gilbert Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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