Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Public order 1.7 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Main Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 424th lowest 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 Main Road (NE13 8AB) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% lower than the Blakelaw average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (NE13 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warbeck Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elstree Court (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Warbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Gables Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Gables Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elstree Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warbeck Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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