Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aisgill Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 261st 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 Aisgill Drive (NE5 1AR) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.3% higher than the Chapel average (55.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aisgill Drive (NE5 1AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel House Road, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (12 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 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel House Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel House Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Allerdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alderney Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alderney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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