Total Crime Rate
19.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandringham Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dene & South Gosforth , and the 91st lowest 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 Sandringham Road (NE3 1QB) in the last 12 months was 19.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% lower than the Dene & South Gosforth average (48.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandringham Road (NE3 1QB), the main crime hotspot is near Balmoral Terrace. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 37 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 | Shoplifting | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balmoral Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dene View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craghall Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craghall Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craghall Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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