Crime in Newcastle upon Tyne
Thinking about Newcastle upon Tyne? This is the recent street-level crime recorded around the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, straight from the police and grouped by category.
Counts show where crimes were recorded, not how likely you are to be affected — a busy city centre always shows more than the quieter streets around it. To check a specific area, run its postcode through the crime checker. Comparing nearby? Try edinburgh, leeds, york too.
Last updated: August 2026
Recorded crime near Newcastle upon Tyne centre
1,109crimes recorded in July 2026
- Violence & sexual offences 301
- Anti-social behaviour 216
- Shoplifting 184
- Public order 83
- 10 other categories 325
Every category
- Violence & sexual offences301
- Anti-social behaviour216
- Shoplifting184
- Public order83
- Other theft64
- Criminal damage & arson59
- Vehicle crime37
- Drugs36
- Theft from the person31
- Burglary28
- Robbery27
- Bicycle theft21
- Possession of weapons12
- Other crime10
This is the recorded crime around the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. For a specific neighbourhood, open the crime checker and enter the postcode to centre the results there — with how to read the numbers and where the data comes from.
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Common questions
- Is Newcastle upon Tyne a safe place to live?
- No single number answers that. The figures here show recorded crime near the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne for the latest month available. For the areas you're actually considering, compare a few specific postcodes in the crime checker.
- Why is the Newcastle upon Tyne crime data a couple of months old?
- Police forces publish to data.police.uk about two to three months in arrears, and it updates monthly, so the latest full month is always slightly behind. We label the month shown.
- Does this cover the whole of Newcastle upon Tyne?
- It's the crime recorded within about a mile of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. For a specific neighbourhood, enter its postcode in the crime checker to centre the results there.