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

There were a total of 108 street level crime incidents in Broad Meadow 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 Broad Meadow, 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	53
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	6
Other Crime	4
Other Theft	4
Public Order	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	108

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 Broad Meadow. 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 Broad Meadow

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

Location	Crime Incidents
May Bank (1.39 miles)	318
Cross Heath (0.88 miles)	255
Porthill (1.24 miles)	164
Longport (1.39 miles)	157
Knutton (0.62 miles)	135
Broad Meadow	108
Chesterton (0.62 miles)	97
Beasley (0.62 miles)	97
Blank Bank (1.39 miles)	26
Apedale (1.39 miles)	9

Where are the most violent places near Broad Meadow?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
May Bank	126
Cross Heath	96
Porthill	72
Longport	66
Knutton	62
Broad Meadow	53
Chesterton	43
Beasley	43
Blank Bank	10
Apedale	3

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

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 Broad Meadow 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 Broad Meadow compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broad Meadow and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broad Meadow is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cross Heath	72
2	Town	69
3	Silverdale	68
4	Knutton	62
5	Holditch & Chesterton	55
6	Wolstanton	51
7	Crackley & Red Street	48
8	May Bank	46
9	Thistleberry	40
10	Bradwell	38
11	Westlands	38

Which road in Broad Meadow has the highest level of crime?

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