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

Crime statistics for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-under-Lyme

There were a total of 370 street level crime incidents in Newcastle-under-Lyme in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime174
Public Order40
Anti Social Behaviour34
Criminal Damage Arson28
Other Theft27
Shoplifting19
Burglary13
Drugs10
Possession Of Weapons8
Vehicle Crime6
Bicycle Theft5
Theft From The Person3
Other Crime3
All Crime370

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Shelton (1.24 miles)416
May Bank (0.62 miles)385
Basford370
Newcastle-under-Lyme370
Hartshill (0.88 miles)365
Etruria (0.88 miles)333
The Brampton (0.62 miles)322
Cross Heath (0.88 miles)292
Porthill (1.24 miles)216
Knutton (1.39 miles)126

18.4%
of Town (Newcastle-under-Lyme) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Basford174
Newcastle-under-Lyme174
May Bank172
Shelton159
The Brampton152
Hartshill148
Cross Heath141
Etruria132
Porthill92
Knutton61

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.

#WardScore
1Hanley Park and Shelton76
2Cross Heath72
3Town69
4Silverdale68
5Penkhull and Stoke62
6Knutton62
7Hartshill and Basford56
8Clayton47
9May Bank46
10Thistleberry40
11Westlands38

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 Liverpool Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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