May Bank
WardEast Newcastle-under-Lyme. About 8,677 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 28% of people in May Bank live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How May Bank compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is May Bank safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in May Bank at a rate of 56.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.4 per 1,000 people across Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in May Bank.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (185), other crime (76) and anti-social behaviour (62).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme
These figures are published for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newcastle-under-Lyme and not May Bank alone. See Newcastle-under-Lyme
May Bank in brief
May Bank had 8,590 usual residents at the census.
About 28% of people in May Bank live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In May Bank, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In May Bank, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.