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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Newcastle-under-Lyme in August 2024. There were a total of 597 incidents. 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	264
Anti Social Behaviour	74
Public Order	54
Other Theft	38
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Shoplifting	30
Burglary	24
Vehicle Crime	22
Other Crime	17
Drugs	14
Bicycle Theft	9
Theft From The Person	8
Robbery	6
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	597

Map of street level crime incidents in August 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.

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
May Bank (0.62 miles)	540
Etruria (0.88 miles)	526
Newcastle-under-Lyme	505
Cross Heath (0.88 miles)	483
Shelton (1.24 miles)	396
Porthill (1.24 miles)	375
Hartshill (0.88 miles)	366
Basford	290
The Brampton (0.62 miles)	278
Knutton (1.39 miles)	138

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Newcastle-under-Lyme	264
May Bank	244
Cross Heath	220
Etruria	215
Shelton	159
Hartshill	154
Porthill	149
The Brampton	116
Basford	100
Knutton	59

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
2	Cross Heath	72
3	Town	69
4	Silverdale	68
5	Penkhull and Stoke	62
6	Knutton	62
7	Hartshill and Basford	56
8	Clayton	47
9	May Bank	46
10	Thistleberry	40
11	Westlands	38

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 this marker.