Total Crime Rate

51.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ellesmere Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 284th lowest crime rate of 903 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 Ellesmere Road (NE4 8TQ) in the last 12 months was 51.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellesmere Road (NE4 8TQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ellesmere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairholm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Benwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoyle Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoyle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Benwell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Benwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Benwell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Baxter Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hampstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Canning Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoyle Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Ladykirk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gill Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellfield Road
Sep 2025Public order Barnesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Barnesbury Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairholm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairholm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadrian Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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