Total Crime Rate

574.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

319.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 574.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 319.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 253.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 98.9 10/10
  • Drugs 54.1 10/10
  • Other theft 48.5 10/10
  • Public order 48.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 14.9 9/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Westgate Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 25th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westgate Road (NE1 1TT) in the last 12 months was 574.6 per 1,000 residents and was 480.6% higher than the Arthur's Hill average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 171 (≈ 319.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westgate Road (NE1 1TT), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 725 crimes here, including 346 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne

Crime Over Time in Westgate Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/256)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pudding Chare Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Pudding Chare Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Apr 2026Other theft St John Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Grainger Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newcastle Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eldon Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Newcastle Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Newcastle Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Newcastle Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Newcastle Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Newcastle Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Newcastle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 256

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑