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

Crime statistics for Porthill, Newcastle-under-Lyme

There were a total of 216 street level crime incidents in Porthill in January 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 Porthill, 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 Crime92
Shoplifting23
Other Theft21
Public Order21
Anti Social Behaviour19
Criminal Damage Arson18
Burglary7
Vehicle Crime4
Drugs4
Other Crime3
Bicycle Theft2
Robbery1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime216

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 Porthill. 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 Porthill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cobridge (1.24 miles)547
May Bank (0.62 miles)385
Basford (1.24 miles)370
Newcastle-under-Lyme (1.24 miles)370
Etruria (0.88 miles)333
Cross Heath (0.88 miles)292
Porthill216
Longport (0.62 miles)205
Longbridge Hayes (1.24 miles)176
Broad Meadow (1.24 miles)133

5.79%
of Wolstanton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Porthill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Basford174
Newcastle-under-Lyme174
May Bank172
Cobridge150
Cross Heath141
Etruria132
Porthill92
Longport83
Broad Meadow83
Longbridge Hayes56

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

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 Porthill 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 Porthill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Porthill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Porthill is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Burslem Central93
2Moorcroft90
3Cross Heath72
4Town69
5Silverdale68
6Knutton62
7Wolstanton51
8May Bank46
9Thistleberry40
10Bradwell38
11Westlands38

Which road in Porthill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Porthill 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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