Crime Rates at Bentinck Crescent, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 6TH

Bentinck Crescent area has the 20th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 196th 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 Bentinck Crescent (NE4 6TH) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% higher than the Benwell & Scotswood average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 102.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bentinck Crescent (NE4 6TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bentinck Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.