Total Crime Rate

151.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 151.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • 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

Whitehouse Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 254th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehouse Road (NE15 6LN) in the last 12 months was 151.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% higher than the Benwell & Scotswood average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 121.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehouse Road (NE15 6LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Benwell Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bilbrough Gardens (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehouse Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Benwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scotswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bilbrough Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bilbrough Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benwell Grange Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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