Postcode · Newcastle
Crime in ST5 5EA
How much crime is recorded in ST5 5EA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Loggerheads & Baldwins Gate
- Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,708 (2024)
ST5 5EANewcastle
How safe is ST5 5EA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST5 5EA 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
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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 5EANational
Violence and sexual offences11.323.6
Burglary4.99.1
Other theft4.74.5
Public order4.64.6
Anti-social behaviour2.810.7
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Drugs2.22.4
Other crime2.01.5
Shoplifting1.08.4
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.