Total Crime Rate

101.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Charles Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Castle , and the 391st 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 Charles Street (NE13 7AY) in the last 12 months was 101.8 per 1,000 residents and was 113.8% higher than the Castle average (47.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charles Street (NE13 7AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ferguson Crescent, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lieven Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Charles Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Norham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beacon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lieven Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ryall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferguson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Matfen Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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