Total Crime Rate
547.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ilminster Court area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Castle , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ilminster Court (NE3 2QY) in the last 12 months was 547.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1049.1% higher than the Castle average (47.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 124.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ilminster Court (NE3 2QY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 197 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebchester Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ebchester Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ebchester Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ebchester Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ebchester Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petherton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Poynings Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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