Total Crime Rate

62.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.7 4/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 5/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Old Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Audley , and the 181st highest crime rate of 417 local areas in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Road (ST7 8QH) in the last 12 months was 62.8 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% higher than the Audley average (50.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Road (ST7 8QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Bank, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ravens Close (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Road area

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Data Sources

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