Total Crime Rate

33.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 33.7 3/10
  • Violent crimes 16.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burnstones area has the lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 209th lowest crime rate of 894 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 Burnstones (NE5 2DF) in the last 12 months was 33.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnstones (NE5 2DF), the main crime hotspot is near Beltingham. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Burnstones area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beltingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Byrness Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haughton Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beltingham Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harle Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harle Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beltingham
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haughton Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harle Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Haughton Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Brokenheugh Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knarsdale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knarsdale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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