Total Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Lane (ST7 4LY) in the last 12 months was 8.9 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (ST7 4LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tower Hill Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Thomas Street (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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