Crime Statistics for May Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 318 street level crime incidents in May Bank in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in May Bank, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	126
Shoplifting	40
Anti Social Behaviour	37
Public Order	26
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Other Theft	16
Burglary	15
Drugs	10
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Crime	6
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	318

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes May Bank. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to May Bank

We've taken the ten nearest places to May Bank and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if May Bank has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent (1.24 miles)	587
Newcastle-under-Lyme (0.62 miles)	370
Basford (0.62 miles)	323
The Brampton (0.88 miles)	322
May Bank	318
Etruria (0.62 miles)	280
Cross Heath (0.62 miles)	255
Porthill (0.62 miles)	216
Longport (1.24 miles)	157
Knutton (1.24 miles)	135

Where are the most violent places near May Bank?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to May Bank and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent	179
Newcastle-under-Lyme	174
The Brampton	152
May Bank	126
Basford	121
Etruria	106
Cross Heath	96
Porthill	92
Longport	66
Knutton	62

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in May Bank?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in May Bank to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in May Bank compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to May Bank and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. May Bank is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Moorcroft	90
2	Cross Heath	72
3	Town	69
4	Silverdale	68
5	Knutton	62
6	Hartshill and Basford	56
7	Wolstanton	51
8	May Bank	46
9	Thistleberry	40
10	Bradwell	38
11	Westlands	38

Which road in May Bank has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in May Bank with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.