Total Crime Rate
1008.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
410.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stowell Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 13th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stowell Street (NE1 4XD) in the last 12 months was 1008.0 per 1,000 residents and was 918.5% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 410.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stowell Street (NE1 4XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 412 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (175 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nun Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leazes Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | West Walls | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bath Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clayton Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenkle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fenkle Street | Under investigation |
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