Crime Statistics for May Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, 2025

Is May Bank rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for January 2025. There were a total of 292 incidents. 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 May Bank, 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	108
Shoplifting	47
Anti Social Behaviour	33
Other Theft	24
Public Order	18
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Other Crime	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	8
Drugs	8
Burglary	7
Bicycle Theft	3
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	292

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2025

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes May Bank. 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 May Bank

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent (1.24 miles)	473
May Bank	292
Basford (0.62 miles)	288
Newcastle-under-Lyme (0.62 miles)	288
Etruria (0.62 miles)	266
Porthill (0.62 miles)	248
Longport (1.24 miles)	237
Cross Heath (0.62 miles)	186
The Brampton (0.88 miles)	184
Knutton (1.24 miles)	164

Where are the most violent places near May Bank?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Stoke-on-Trent	151
Porthill	130
Basford	122
Newcastle-under-Lyme	122
Longport	113
The Brampton	112
Cross Heath	111
May Bank	108
Etruria	96
Knutton	80

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

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 May Bank 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 May Bank compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to May Bank and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.May Bank is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Moorcroft	90
2	Cross Heath	72
3	Town	69
4	Silverdale	68
5	Knutton	62
6	Hartshill and Basford	56
7	Wolstanton	51
8	May Bank	46
9	Thistleberry	40
10	Bradwell	38
11	Westlands	38

Which road in May Bank has the highest level of crime?

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