Total Crime Rate
207.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Temple Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 132nd 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 Temple Street (NE1 4BP) in the last 12 months was 207.9 per 1,000 residents and was 110.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Temple Street (NE1 4BP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 309 crimes here, including 128 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenkle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | West Walls | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Villa Place No 1 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marlborough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firebrick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firebrick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firebrick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firebrick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlborough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
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