Total Crime Rate
107.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Liverpool Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 85th highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Liverpool Road (ST7 4EH) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Liverpool Road (ST7 4EH), 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.
View Crime In Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Meadows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gilbert Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Attwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnersley Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A50 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A50 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Meadows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Wood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A50 | Local resolution |
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