Total Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dinsdale Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Heaton , and the 384th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dinsdale Place (NE2 1BD) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% higher than the Heaton average (81.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dinsdale Place (NE2 1BD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Portland Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Goldspink Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wretham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Goldspink Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coppice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppice Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppice Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brandon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldspink Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldspink Lane | — |
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