Total Crime Rate

73.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 12.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.3 1/10
  • Drugs 1.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Monument , and the 386th lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Union Street (NE2 1BP) in the last 12 months was 73.4 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% lower than the Monument average (701.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (NE2 1BP), the main crime hotspot is near Red Barns. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Union Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dinsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoddart Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoddart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Breamish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dinsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stepney Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Clarence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyd Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Field Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crawhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Red Barns Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Red Barns Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Red Barns Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Red Barns Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Red Barns —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Bank —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dinsdale Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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