Total Crime Rate

253.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 253.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 98.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Other theft 45.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Briar Side area has the 7th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Callerton & Throckley , and the 125th highest crime rate of 903 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 Briar Side (NE5 2LT) in the last 12 months was 253.5 per 1,000 residents and was 131.4% higher than the Callerton & Throckley average (109.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briar Side (NE5 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kidlandlee Green (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Briar Side area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glantlees —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lazonby Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garthfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garthfield Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garthfield Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kidlandlee Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kielder Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kielder Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Herrick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Herrick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kidlandlee Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herrick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ellesmere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glantlees Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Briarside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lynden Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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