Crime Rates at Market Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6XA

Market Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 10th highest crime rate of 894 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 Market Street (NE1 6XA) in the last 12 months was 1115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1027.5% 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 241 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -30.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 324 (≈ 493.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (NE1 6XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 402 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (179 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.