Total Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Benwell Grove area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 363rd highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Benwell Grove (NE4 8AN) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% lower than the Benwell & Scotswood average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Benwell Grove (NE4 8AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shipley Avenue, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middleton Avenue (29 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Paignton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shipley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lewis Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Normount Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hadrian Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladykirk Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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