Total Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.8 4/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Normount Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 425th lowest 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 Road (NE4 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% lower than the Benwell & Scotswood average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Normount Road (NE4 8SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Middleton Avenue. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Normount Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/68)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Middleton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middleton Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Benwell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Benwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Benwell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Benwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Ilfracombe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B1311 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Normount Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Normount Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Normount Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Normount Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairholm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladykirk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ladykirk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lewis Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairholm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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