Total Crime Rate

78.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 78.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Shoplifting 15.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Helmsley Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 410th 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 Helmsley Road (NE2 1DL) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Heaton average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helmsley Road (NE2 1DL), the main crime hotspot is near Wretham Place. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Helmsley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoddart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dinsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wretham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Goldspink Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wretham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wretham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dinsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wretham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dinsdale Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoddart Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doncaster Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Coppice Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wretham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grantham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandyford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandyford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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