Total Crime Rate

75.7 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 75.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Brunton Square area has the 12th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Castle , and the 398th lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brunton Square (NE13 9NW) in the last 12 months was 75.7 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brunton Square (NE13 9NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Benton Square, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Grange (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brunton Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringlet Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orangetip Gardens —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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