Total Crime Rate
248.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swinburne Place area has the 27th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Arthur's Hill , and the 94th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swinburne Place (NE4 6EA) in the last 12 months was 248.0 per 1,000 residents and was 150.5% higher than the Arthur's Hill average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 125.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swinburne Place (NE4 6EA), the main crime hotspot is near Churchill Street. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 57 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 | Burglary | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firebrick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firebrick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firebrick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottenham Chare | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blandford Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blandford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blandford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bath Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Villa Place No 1 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firebrick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westmorland Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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