Crime Rates at Melbourne Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2JS

Melbourne Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Monument , and the 451st lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melbourne Street (NE1 2JS) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% lower than the Monument average (701.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melbourne Street (NE1 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pandon, where police recorded 286 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (116 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.