Total Crime Rate
25.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Acacia Gardens area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe , and the 95th 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 Acacia Gardens (ST7 4RX) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.4% lower than the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acacia Gardens (ST7 4RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wentworth Drive, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thursfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Trubshaw Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spey Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Close | Under investigation |
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