Total Crime Rate

234.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 234.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.5 10/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pilgrim Street area has the 35th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 136th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pilgrim Street (NE1 6BL) in the last 12 months was 234.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 119.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pilgrim Street (NE1 6BL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 322 crimes here, including 144 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pilgrim Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sandhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queens Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Carliol Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carliol Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Carliol Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heath Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heath Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heath Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas' Street —
Sep 2025Drugs St Nicholas' Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Nicholas' Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas' Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dean Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carliol Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Drugs St Nicholas Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloth Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloth Market Under investigation

Data Sources

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