Total Crime Rate

108.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Warrington Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 15 local areas in Elswick , and the 368th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Warrington Road (NE4 6RP) in the last 12 months was 108.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% lower than the Elswick average (167.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warrington Road (NE4 6RP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Warrington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malvern Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warrington Road
Sep 2025Public order Warrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ashfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Ashfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sovereign Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bristol Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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