Crime Rates at Low Friar Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 5UE

Low Friar Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 8th 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 Low Friar Street (NE1 5UE) in the last 12 months was 1494.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1409.8% 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 337 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 10 cases , down -16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 23.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -27.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 474 (≈ 605.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Low Friar Street (NE1 5UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 530 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (238 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.