Crime Statistics for Newstead, Blurton, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Newstead, Blurton

There were a total of 62 street level crime incidents in Newstead in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Newstead, 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 Crime20
Criminal Damage Arson10
Anti Social Behaviour9
Other Theft4
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary3
Other Crime2
Bicycle Theft2
Shoplifting2
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs2
Robbery1
Public Order1
All Crime62

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 Newstead. 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 Newstead

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Dresden (1.39 miles)197
Hollybush (1.86 miles)194
Heron Cross (1.86 miles)194
Blurton (1.24 miles)149
Hem Heath (0.88 miles)71
Hanford (1.75 miles)63
Newstead62
Tittensor (1.76 miles)14
Barlaston (1.24 miles)8
Hartwell (1.39 miles)2

10.12%
of Blurton West and Newstead residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Newstead?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Dresden82
Hollybush73
Heron Cross73
Blurton63
Hanford39
Hem Heath30
Newstead20
Tittensor5
Barlaston2
Hartwell0

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

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 Newstead 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 Newstead compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dresden and Florence80
2Meir South74
3Lightwood North and Normacot73
4Blurton West and Newstead73
5Broadway and Longton East68
6Springfields and Trent Vale66
7Hollybush and Longton West64
8Blurton East60
9Barlaston32
10Hanford and Trentham23
11Swynnerton & Oulton21

Which road in Newstead has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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