Total Crime Rate

30.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 30.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Orangetip Gardens area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Castle , and the 150th lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Orangetip Gardens (NE13 9EG) in the last 12 months was 30.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% lower than the Castle average (47.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orangetip Gardens (NE13 9EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Comma Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Speckledwood Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orangetip Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orangetip Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bowden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leasingthorne Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringlet Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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