Total Crime Rate

104.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 53.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Warkworth Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Lemington , and the 319th highest crime rate of 894 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 Warkworth Street (NE15 8ED) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% higher than the Lemington average (92.0 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 Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warkworth Street (NE15 8ED), the main crime hotspot is near Northumberland Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Warkworth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartside Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Rise
Apr 2026Drugs Park Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tewkesbury Road
Apr 2026Public order Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Valley View
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Valley View
Apr 2026Burglary Northumberland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Loraine Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Woodburn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Woodburn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Quarry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hartside Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson West View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henlow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West View Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartside Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northumberland Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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