Total Crime Rate
256.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charlotte Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Elswick , and the 122nd 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 Charlotte Close (NE4 7EB) in the last 12 months was 256.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 133.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlotte Close (NE4 7EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawthorn Terrace, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashfield Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Elswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hornbeam Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clasper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Penn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Essex Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hornbeam Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Essex Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dobson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hornbeam Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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