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

Crime statistics for The Brampton, Newcastle-under-Lyme

There were a total of 267 street level crime incidents in The Brampton 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 The Brampton, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime104
Shoplifting34
Anti Social Behaviour25
Criminal Damage Arson22
Public Order22
Other Theft14
Burglary12
Drugs11
Bicycle Theft5
Vehicle Crime5
Other Crime5
Robbery3
Theft From The Person3
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime267

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 The Brampton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 The Brampton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hartshill (1.39 miles)333
Basford (0.62 miles)323
Newcastle-under-Lyme (0.62 miles)323
May Bank (0.88 miles)318
Etruria (1.39 miles)280
The Brampton267
Cross Heath (0.62 miles)255
Porthill (1.39 miles)164
Knutton (0.88 miles)135
Broad Meadow (1.39 miles)108

11.21%
of Thistleberry residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near The Brampton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
May Bank126
Hartshill121
Basford121
Newcastle-under-Lyme121
Etruria106
The Brampton104
Cross Heath96
Porthill72
Knutton62
Broad Meadow53

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

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 The Brampton 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 The Brampton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Brampton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Brampton is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Cross Heath72
2Town69
3Silverdale68
4Knutton62
5Wolstanton51
6Clayton47
7May Bank46
8Thistleberry40
9Bradwell38
10Westlands38

Which road in The Brampton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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