Total Crime Rate

300.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 300.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 75.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Robbery 13.8 9/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Union Hall Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Lemington , and the 89th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Union Hall Road (NE15 8BA) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 192.3% higher than the Lemington average (102.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 340.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 131.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Hall Road (NE15 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Union Hall Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denton Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Union Hall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Crossway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Honister Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lesbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lesbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Street —
Sep 2025Other crime The Crossway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kirkston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Leabank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honister Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartside Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Crossway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Union Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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