Total Crime Rate

30.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 30.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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 13th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 149th 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 1PP) in the last 12 months was 30.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% lower than the Heaton average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around Helmsley Road (NE2 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Amble Grove. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 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 (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Greystoke Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Deuchar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Greystoke Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Goldspink Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Greystoke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amble Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dinsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dinsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dinsdale Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amble Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Grove West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doncaster Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springbank Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brandon Grove —
Sep 2025Burglary Deuchar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Grove West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Grove West Under investigation
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Data Sources

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