Total Crime Rate
160.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandringham Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 183rd 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 Sandringham Road (NE5 2BR) in the last 12 months was 160.8 per 1,000 residents and was 189.8% higher than the Chapel average (55.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandringham Road (NE5 2BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornley Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linbridge Drive (21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harle Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Centurion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Centurion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Centurion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hotch Pudding Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northlea | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Styford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wallington Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haughton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Burnside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgeley Road | Under investigation |
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