Crime Rates at Bigg Market, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1UN

Bigg Market area has the highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bigg Market (NE1 1UN) in the last 12 months was 5744.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5704.2% 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 409 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , down -22.2% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 15.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -22.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 492 (≈ 2733.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bigg Market (NE1 1UN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 940 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (346 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.