Total Crime Rate
217.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Canning Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Benwell & Scotswood , and the 124th highest crime rate of 894 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 Canning Street (NE4 8UH) in the last 12 months was 217.3 per 1,000 residents and was 98.0% higher 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 70.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 100.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canning Street (NE4 8UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shipley Avenue, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gerald Street (34 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Adelaide Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B1305 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B1305 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nichol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Adelaide Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Adelaide Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Adelaide Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B1305 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cochrane Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cochrane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cochrane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cochrane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cochrane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canning Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B1305 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B1305 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shipley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Avenue | Under investigation |
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