diff --git a/lib/rules/string-no-newline/__tests__/index.js b/lib/rules/string-no-newline/__tests__/index.js
index 8596dd002c..cfcad2d9e1 100644
--- a/lib/rules/string-no-newline/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/string-no-newline/__tests__/index.js
@@ -37,22 +37,57 @@ testRule(rule, {
     }`,
 
       description: "attribute containing double-slash"
+    },
+    {
+      code: `<span
+  class="
+    className
+  "
+/>
+<style>
+.selector {
+  --property: value;
+}
+</style>`,
+      description: "newline in html"
+    },
+    {
+      code: `<p>this is fine.</p>
+      <p>this isn't.</p>
+      <span>this line is still affected.</span>
+      <div style="ttt: auto">actual issues are still reported</div>`,
+      description: "single quotes"
     }
   ],
 
   reject: [
     {
       code: "a::before { content: 'one\ntwo'; }",
+      description: "content LF",
       message: messages.rejected,
       line: 1,
       column: 26
     },
     {
       code: "a::before { content: 'one\r\ntwo'; }",
-      description: "CRLF",
+      description: "content CRLF",
       message: messages.rejected,
       line: 1,
       column: 26
+    },
+    {
+      code: "a[href^='one\r\ntwo'] { display: block; }",
+      description: "attribute CRLF",
+      message: messages.rejected,
+      line: 1,
+      column: 12
+    },
+    {
+      code: "@charset 'utf-8\n';",
+      description: "atRule CRLF",
+      message: messages.rejected,
+      line: 1,
+      column: 16
     }
   ]
 });
diff --git a/lib/rules/string-no-newline/index.js b/lib/rules/string-no-newline/index.js
index 545ebe1615..a189f91002 100644
--- a/lib/rules/string-no-newline/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/string-no-newline/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 "use strict";
 
+const atRuleParamIndex = require("../../utils/atRuleParamIndex");
+const declarationValueIndex = require("../../utils/declarationValueIndex");
+const parseSelector = require("../../utils/parseSelector");
 const report = require("../../utils/report");
 const ruleMessages = require("../../utils/ruleMessages");
-const styleSearch = require("style-search");
 const validateOptions = require("../../utils/validateOptions");
+const valueParser = require("postcss-value-parser");
 
 const ruleName = "string-no-newline";
+const reNewLine = /(\r?\n)/;
 
 const messages = ruleMessages(ruleName, {
   rejected: "Unexpected newline in string"
@@ -17,30 +21,82 @@ const rule = function(actual) {
     if (!validOptions) {
       return;
     }
+    root.walk(node => {
+      switch (node.type) {
+        case "atrule":
+          checkDeclOrAtRule(node, node.params, atRuleParamIndex);
+          break;
+        case "decl":
+          checkDeclOrAtRule(node, node.value, declarationValueIndex);
+          break;
+        case "rule":
+          checkRule(node);
+          break;
+      }
+    });
+    function checkRule(rule) {
+      // Get out quickly if there are no new line
+      if (!reNewLine.test(rule.selector)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      parseSelector(rule.selector, result, rule, selectorTree => {
+        selectorTree.walkAttributes(attributeNode => {
+          if (!reNewLine.test(attributeNode.value)) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const openIndex = [
+            // length of our attribute
+            attributeNode.attribute,
+            // length of our operator , ie '='
+            attributeNode.operator,
+            // length of the contents before newline
+            RegExp.leftContext
+          ].reduce(
+            (index, str) => index + str.length,
+            // index of the start of our attribute node in our source
+            attributeNode.sourceIndex
+          );
+
+          report({
+            message: messages.rejected,
+            node: rule,
+            index: openIndex,
+            result,
+            ruleName
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    }
 
-    const cssString = root.toString();
-    styleSearch(
-      {
-        source: cssString,
-        target: "\n",
-        strings: "only"
-      },
-      match => {
-        const charBefore = cssString[match.startIndex - 1];
-        let index = match.startIndex;
-        if (charBefore === "\\") {
+    function checkDeclOrAtRule(node, value, getIndex) {
+      // Get out quickly if there are no new line
+      if (!reNewLine.test(value)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      valueParser(value).walk(valueNode => {
+        if (valueNode.type !== "string" || !reNewLine.test(valueNode.value)) {
           return;
         }
-        if (charBefore === "\r") index -= 1;
+
+        const openIndex = [
+          // length of the quote
+          valueNode.quote,
+          // length of the contents before newline
+          RegExp.leftContext
+        ].reduce((index, str) => index + str.length, valueNode.sourceIndex);
+
         report({
           message: messages.rejected,
-          node: root,
-          index,
+          node,
+          index: getIndex(node) + openIndex,
           result,
           ruleName
         });
-      }
-    );
+      });
+    }
   };
 };