Postcode · Newcastle
Crime in ST5 5BS
How much crime is recorded in ST5 5BS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Silverdale & Keele
- Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,545 (2024)
ST5 5BSNewcastle
How safe is ST5 5BS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST5 5BS 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
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 5BSNational
Burglary19.99.1
Violence and sexual offences12.423.6
Public order3.74.6
Anti-social behaviour3.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Other theft2.44.5
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Shoplifting0.68.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Drugs0.62.4
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 14% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.