Total Crime Rate

96.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Public order 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hull Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 14 local areas in Elswick , and the 342nd highest 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 Hull Street (NE4 6PU) in the last 12 months was 96.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Elswick average (136.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hull Street (NE4 6PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chelsea Grove, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St. Michaels Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hull Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Britannia Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Chelsea Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chelsea Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tweed Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marie Curie Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marie Curie Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sceptre Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunholme Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St. Michaels Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs St. Michaels Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St. Michaels Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sceptre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lynnwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Elswick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Callerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Beech Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Callerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lynnwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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