Is St Bernard's Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme safe?

St Bernard's Road has an area-safety proxy score of 45/100. It uses recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not a population-adjusted crime rate or a prediction of personal safety. Based on police.uk open data.

St Bernard's Road

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 7/100 Transport proximity 40/100 Risk indicators: Data incomplete Low confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 45/100; transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 7/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.

Compare Profile Scores

Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.

All available profile scores are below 45/100.

Review the component scores and missing data against your own requirements.

Families

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 7/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

Young Professionals

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

Retirees

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; green-space proximity 7/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

First-time Buyers

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 45/100. Data unavailable: sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

Liveability Score

Indicative · relative within Newcastle-under-Lyme

Low confidence Based on no transaction data, 4 data sources

Flood mapping

The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.

Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.

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Things You Should Know

Limited mapped green-space access

Score 7/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.

How Life Works Here

St Bernard's Road is located in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The associated LSOA area has 130 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: bus. The nearest mapped stop (St Bernards Road) is 168m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,250; owner-occupied homes 13.6%; social housing 30.5%; retired population 8.5%; average household size 2.6. There are 8 schools within 2 km, 7 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 394m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families at 43/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 44/100. Its recorded district percentile is 41. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.

Nearby Services (5 km)

Score Breakdown

Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.

Safety (area) Fair (45)

police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted

Daily Access Low (30)

OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km

Transport Low (40)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Poor (7)

OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality

Market Value Data unavailable

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Good (70)

GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators

Amenity proximity Fair (45)

Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment

Energy Data unavailable

EPC Register — awaiting public API access

Flood Risk Excellent (90)

English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately

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Public Services Nearby

Public facilities within walking distance from St Bernard's Road, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (2)

JD Gyms 984m · 12 min walk
Xercise4Less 1569m · 20 min walk

libraries (4)

Knutton Library 532m · 7 min walk
Newcastle under Lyme Library 1398m · 18 min walk
Newcastle Library 1509m · 19 min walk
Silverdale Library 1688m · 21 min walk

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parks & green spaces (5)

The Icky Picky 1103m · 14 min walk
Queen Elizabeth II Park 1273m · 16 min walk
Brampton Park 1322m · 16 min walk
Queen's Gardens 1476m · 18 min walk
Silverdale Park 1588m · 20 min walk

schools (5)

Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases 396m · 5 min walk
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy 532m · 7 min walk
St John Fisher Catholic College 769m · 10 min walk
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 810m · 10 min walk
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy 1276m · 16 min walk

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Transport Links

St Bernards Road bus_stop168m

Weston Close bus_stop229m

St Mary's Church bus_stop334m

Similar Streets

Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.

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Data Transparency

4 open data sources

45% data uniqueness

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OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0

All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.