diff --git a/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js b/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js
index 8057e44ddab..476aca06de7 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module.exports = {
             }
 
             if (isUnnecessaryEscape && !isQuoteEscape) {
-                report(node, match.index + 1, match[0].slice(1));
+                report(node, match.index, match[0].slice(1));
             }
         }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ module.exports = {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                const value = isTemplateElement ? node.value.raw : node.raw.slice(1, -1);
+                const value = isTemplateElement ? sourceCode.getText(node) : node.raw;
                 const pattern = /\\[^\d]/gu;
                 let match;
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js
index 9321385b55b..ac3294b8c7f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-escape.js
@@ -955,6 +955,96 @@ ruleTester.run("no-useless-escape", rule, {
                 }]
             }]
         },
+        {
+            code: "`multiline template\r\nliteral with useless \\escape`",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },
+            errors: [{
+                line: 2,
+                column: 22,
+                endColumn: 23,
+                message: "Unnecessary escape character: \\e.",
+                type: "TemplateElement",
+                suggestions: [{
+                    messageId: "removeEscape",
+                    output: "`multiline template\r\nliteral with useless escape`"
+                }, {
+                    messageId: "escapeBackslash",
+                    output: "`multiline template\r\nliteral with useless \\\\escape`"
+                }]
+            }]
+        },
+        {
+            code: "`template literal with line continuation \\\nand useless \\escape`",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },
+            errors: [{
+                line: 2,
+                column: 13,
+                endColumn: 14,
+                message: "Unnecessary escape character: \\e.",
+                type: "TemplateElement",
+                suggestions: [{
+                    messageId: "removeEscape",
+                    output: "`template literal with line continuation \\\nand useless escape`"
+                }, {
+                    messageId: "escapeBackslash",
+                    output: "`template literal with line continuation \\\nand useless \\\\escape`"
+                }]
+            }]
+        },
+        {
+            code: "`template literal with line continuation \\\r\nand useless \\escape`",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },
+            errors: [{
+                line: 2,
+                column: 13,
+                endColumn: 14,
+                message: "Unnecessary escape character: \\e.",
+                type: "TemplateElement",
+                suggestions: [{
+                    messageId: "removeEscape",
+                    output: "`template literal with line continuation \\\r\nand useless escape`"
+                }, {
+                    messageId: "escapeBackslash",
+                    output: "`template literal with line continuation \\\r\nand useless \\\\escape`"
+                }]
+            }]
+        },
+        {
+            code: "`template literal with mixed linebreaks \r\r\n\n\\and useless escape`",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },
+            errors: [{
+                line: 4,
+                column: 1,
+                endColumn: 2,
+                message: "Unnecessary escape character: \\a.",
+                type: "TemplateElement",
+                suggestions: [{
+                    messageId: "removeEscape",
+                    output: "`template literal with mixed linebreaks \r\r\n\nand useless escape`"
+                }, {
+                    messageId: "escapeBackslash",
+                    output: "`template literal with mixed linebreaks \r\r\n\n\\\\and useless escape`"
+                }]
+            }]
+        },
+        {
+            code: "`template literal with mixed linebreaks in line continuations \\\n\\\r\\\r\n\\and useless escape`",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },
+            errors: [{
+                line: 4,
+                column: 1,
+                endColumn: 2,
+                message: "Unnecessary escape character: \\a.",
+                type: "TemplateElement",
+                suggestions: [{
+                    messageId: "removeEscape",
+                    output: "`template literal with mixed linebreaks in line continuations \\\n\\\r\\\r\nand useless escape`"
+                }, {
+                    messageId: "escapeBackslash",
+                    output: "`template literal with mixed linebreaks in line continuations \\\n\\\r\\\r\n\\\\and useless escape`"
+                }]
+            }]
+        },
         {
             code: "`\\a```",
             parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },