Total Crime Rate

177.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 177.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 59.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Copper Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 37th 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 Copper Close (ST7 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 177.8 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% higher than the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe average (85.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 109.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copper Close (ST7 4EJ), 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 Copper Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order The Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gilbert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Burglary Attwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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