Crime Statistics for Newcastle upon Tyne, , 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Newcastle upon Tyne in August 2024. There were a total of 1340 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Newcastle upon Tyne, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	413
Anti Social Behaviour	336
Shoplifting	139
Public Order	98
Other Theft	80
Criminal Damage Arson	65
Drugs	49
Vehicle Crime	35
Burglary	30
Theft From The Person	30
Robbery	25
Bicycle Theft	16
Possession Of Weapons	12
Other Crime	12
All Crime	1340

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Newcastle upon Tyne. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Newcastle upon Tyne

We've taken the ten nearest places to Newcastle upon Tyne and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Newcastle upon Tyne has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Spital Tongues (1.39 miles)	1381
Newcastle upon Tyne	1340
Jesmond (1.24 miles)	1053
Byker (1.24 miles)	986
St Peter’s (1.39 miles)	804
Heaton (1.75 miles)	520
Felling Shore (1.39 miles)	470
Bensham (1.39 miles)	387
Old Fold (1.75 miles)	354
Teams (1.75 miles)	262

Where are the most violent places near Newcastle upon Tyne?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Newcastle upon Tyne and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Spital Tongues	440
Newcastle upon Tyne	413
Jesmond	279
St Peter’s	275
Byker	246
Felling Shore	149
Teams	143
Bensham	129
Old Fold	117
Heaton	99

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Newcastle upon Tyne?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Newcastle upon Tyne to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Newcastle upon Tyne compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newcastle upon Tyne and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Newcastle upon Tyne is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Byker	95
2	Bridges	90
3	Elswick	88
4	Monument	76
5	Arthur's Hill	75
6	Wingrove	71
7	Ouseburn	67
8	Dunston and Teams	66
9	South Jesmond	49
10	North Jesmond	45
11	Manor Park	26

Which road in Newcastle upon Tyne has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Newcastle upon Tyne with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.