Total Crime Rate
365.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
235.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waterloo Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 52nd 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 Waterloo Street (NE1 4DE) in the last 12 months was 365.9 per 1,000 residents and was 269.7% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 235.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterloo Street (NE1 4DE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 337 crimes here, including 138 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Low Friar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenkle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Low Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dispensary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dispensary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dispensary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dispensary Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| 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 | Under investigation |
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