Crime Rates at Grainger Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 5JE

Grainger Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 9th highest crime rate of 903 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 Grainger Street (NE1 5JE) in the last 12 months was 1747.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1237.7% higher than the Arthur's Hill average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 398 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 8 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 549 (≈ 701.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grainger Street (NE1 5JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 814 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (380 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.