Total Crime Rate
318.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vinebank Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 18th 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 Vinebank Road (ST7 4BA) in the last 12 months was 318.4 per 1,000 residents and was 217.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 154.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vinebank Road (ST7 4BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kinnersley Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Attwood Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kinnersley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kinnersley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kinnersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A50 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Attwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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