Total Crime Rate

310.6 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 310.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.4 10/10
  • Other theft 41.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Drugs 30.7 10/10
  • Other crime 30.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Troves Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Troves Close (NE4 8HB) in the last 12 months was 310.6 per 1,000 residents and was 130.6% higher than the Benwell & Scotswood average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 122.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Troves Close (NE4 8HB), the main crime hotspot is near Lawson Terrace. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Troves Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keith Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cochrane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cochrane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cochrane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Barnesbury Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lawson Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Angel View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Maryhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B1311 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawson Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lawson Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Barnesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Troves Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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