Total Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ladykirk Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 319th lowest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ladykirk Road (NE4 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 50.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% lower than the Benwell & Scotswood average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ladykirk Road (NE4 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shipley Avenue, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnesbury Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shipley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Auden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Auden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladykirk Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tiverton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Auden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B1311 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brancepeth Avenue | Under investigation |
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