Total Crime Rate

113.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 50th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 347th highest crime rate of 903 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 Main Road (NE13 8BN) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% lower than the Blakelaw average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (NE13 8BN), the main crime hotspot is near Airport Freightway. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 3 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Airport Freightway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Airport Freightway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Airport Freightway Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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