Total Crime Rate

219.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 219.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 128.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 56.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Public order 14.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newminster Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in West Fenham , and the 120th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newminster Road (NE4 9LL) in the last 12 months was 219.0 per 1,000 residents and was 119.5% higher than the West Fenham average (99.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -44.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newminster Road (NE4 9LL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newminster Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dahlia Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dahlia Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tillmouth Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lemington Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tillmouth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pease Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stocksfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stocksfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stocksfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fox And Hounds Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Aster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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