Total Crime Rate
104.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Normount Gardens area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 379th highest crime rate of 903 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 Normount Gardens (NE4 8AP) in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% lower than the Benwell & Scotswood average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Normount Gardens (NE4 8AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Middleton Avenue, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shipley Avenue (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Benwell & Scotswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normount Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Normount Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadrian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadrian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairholm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Normount Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairholm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Benwell Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Normount Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Normount Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shipley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hampstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Normount Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Normount Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milvain Avenue | Under investigation |
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