Total Crime Rate
39.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cliftonville Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 250th 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 Cliftonville Avenue (NE4 8RT) in the last 12 months was 39.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower than the Benwell & Scotswood average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cliftonville Avenue (NE4 8RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maria Street, where police recorded 50 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Auden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1311 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B1311 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1311 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Auden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Auden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Normount Gardens | 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 | Other theft | Normount Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Normount Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benwell Grove | 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 | Burglary | Lewis Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
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