Total Crime Rate
400.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beech Grove Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Elswick , and the 52nd 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 Beech Grove Road (NE4 6RS) in the last 12 months was 400.8 per 1,000 residents and was 139.7% higher 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 161.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Grove Road (NE4 6RS), 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.
View Crime In Elswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elswick Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elswick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elswick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ashfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bristol Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Malvern Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sceptre Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sceptre Street | Under investigation |
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