Total Crime Rate
473.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
193.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clayton 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 5BY) 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 5BY), 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.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A186 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A186 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A186 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A186 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A186 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A186 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A186 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thomas Bewick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A186 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westmorland Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A186 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thomas Bewick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bath Lane | 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 | Burglary | Low Friar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Low Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
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