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

There were a total of 164 street level crime incidents in Porthill in February 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 Porthill, 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	72
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Shoplifting	15
Burglary	11
Other Theft	11
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Public Order	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	164

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 Porthill. 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 Porthill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cobridge (1.24 miles)	627
Basford (1.24 miles)	323
Newcastle-under-Lyme (1.24 miles)	323
May Bank (0.62 miles)	318
Etruria (0.88 miles)	280
Cross Heath (0.88 miles)	255
Longbridge Hayes (1.24 miles)	173
Porthill	164
Longport (0.62 miles)	157
Broad Meadow (1.24 miles)	108

Where are the most violent places near Porthill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cobridge	204
May Bank	126
Basford	121
Newcastle-under-Lyme	121
Etruria	106
Cross Heath	96
Porthill	72
Longport	66
Broad Meadow	53
Longbridge Hayes	47

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

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 Porthill 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 Porthill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Porthill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Porthill is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Burslem Central	93
2	Moorcroft	90
3	Cross Heath	72
4	Town	69
5	Silverdale	68
6	Knutton	62
7	Wolstanton	51
8	May Bank	46
9	Thistleberry	40
10	Bradwell	38
11	Westlands	38

Which road in Porthill has the highest level of crime?

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