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

Crime statistics for Acres Nook, Newcastle-under-Lyme

There were a total of 69 street level crime incidents in Acres Nook 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 Acres Nook, 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 Crime24
Anti Social Behaviour14
Public Order10
Criminal Damage Arson7
Other Theft4
Shoplifting4
Vehicle Crime2
Drugs1
Other Crime1
Possession Of Weapons1
Burglary1
All Crime69

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 Acres Nook. 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 Acres Nook

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newfield (0.88 miles)184
Sandyford (0.88 miles)184
Turnhurst (1.24 miles)153
Kidsgrove (0.88 miles)77
Hardings Wood (0.88 miles)77
Acres Nook69
Clough Hall (0.62 miles)64
Ravenscliffe (0.62 miles)56
Talke (1.24 miles)46
Coalpit Hill (1.24 miles)46

3.31%
of Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Acres Nook?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Turnhurst63
Newfield49
Sandyford49
Kidsgrove30
Hardings Wood30
Acres Nook24
Clough Hall23
Ravenscliffe20
Talke18
Coalpit Hill18

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

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 Acres Nook 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 Acres Nook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Acres Nook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Acres Nook is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Tunstall88
2Goldenhill and Sandyford83
3Little Chell and Stanfield80
4Great Chell and Packmoor65
5Bradeley and Chell Heath60
6Holditch & Chesterton55
7Talke & Butt Lane51
8Crackley & Red Street48
9Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe46
10Bradwell38
11Alsager21

Which road in Acres Nook has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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