Crime Rates at Clayton Street West, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 5BW

Clayton Street West 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 Clayton Street West (NE1 5BW) 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 Clayton Street West (NE1 5BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 346 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (176 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.