Total Crime Rate

256.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 256.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.4 10/10
  • Other theft 34.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.6 10/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Charlotte 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.

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Crime Over Time in Charlotte Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Hornbeam Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clasper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Penn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn 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 Charlotte Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Essex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Water Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornbeam Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hornbeam Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornbeam Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Essex Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dobson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Waverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Waverley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hornbeam Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashfield Close Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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