Postcode · Newcastle
Crime in ST5 0DN
How much crime is recorded in ST5 0DN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Porthill
- Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,275 (2024)
ST5 0DNNewcastle
How safe is ST5 0DN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST5 0DN area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
ST5 0DNNational
Violence and sexual offences12.023.6
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Burglary2.49.1
Other theft1.34.5
Drugs1.22.4
Public order0.84.6
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Other crime0.71.5
Robbery0.61.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 60% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.