Postcode · Newcastle
Crime in ST5 8EA
How much crime is recorded in ST5 8EA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bradwell
- Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,445 (2024)
ST5 8EANewcastle
How safe is ST5 8EA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ST5 8EA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 8EANational
Violence and sexual offences14.523.6
Anti-social behaviour11.810.7
Burglary7.19.1
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Other crime2.31.5
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Other theft1.64.5
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Drugs0.52.4
Public order0.44.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% 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.