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

There were a total of 320 street level crime incidents in Newcastle-under-Lyme in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 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	115
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Public Order	34
Other Theft	33
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Shoplifting	20
Vehicle Crime	14
Drugs	11
Burglary	11
Possession Of Weapons	7
Other Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	3
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	320

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Newcastle-under-Lyme. 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shelton (1.24 miles)	423
May Bank (0.62 miles)	334
Hartshill (0.88 miles)	329
Basford	320
Newcastle-under-Lyme	320
Etruria (0.88 miles)	273
Cross Heath (0.88 miles)	270
The Brampton (0.62 miles)	267
Porthill (1.24 miles)	212
Knutton (1.39 miles)	145

Where are the most violent places near Newcastle-under-Lyme?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shelton	160
Basford	115
Newcastle-under-Lyme	115
May Bank	107
Hartshill	107
The Brampton	104
Etruria	96
Cross Heath	91
Porthill	71
Knutton	61

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Newcastle-under-Lyme?

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 Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newcastle-under-Lyme and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Newcastle-under-Lyme is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
2	Cross Heath	72
3	Town	69
4	Silverdale	68
5	Penkhull and Stoke	62
6	Knutton	62
7	Hartshill and Basford	56
8	Clayton	47
9	May Bank	46
10	Thistleberry	40
11	Westlands	38

Which road in Newcastle-under-Lyme has the highest level of crime?

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