Crime Rates at Thornton Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4AT

Thornton Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 36th 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 Thornton Street (NE1 4AT) in the last 12 months was 473.7 per 1,000 residents and was 378.6% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 193.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Street (NE1 4AT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 359 crimes here, including 143 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.