Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hartside area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Lemington , and the 258th 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 Hartside (NE15 8BY) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartside (NE15 8BY), 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 Lesbury Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lemington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Union Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pangbourne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lesbury Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lesbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Honister Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lesbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Leabank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Honister Close | Under investigation |
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