Crime Rates at Lesbury Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 8DN

Lesbury Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Lemington , and the 450th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lesbury Street (NE15 8DN) in the last 12 months was 88.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% lower than the Lemington average (102.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lesbury Street (NE15 8DN), the main crime hotspot is near Montague Street. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.