Total Crime Rate
410.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greentree Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in West Fenham , and the 43rd 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 Greentree Square (NE5 2NP) in the last 12 months was 410.4 per 1,000 residents and was 311.5% higher than the West Fenham average (99.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 118.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 135.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greentree Square (NE5 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cromdale Place (33 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 | Elmont Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reay Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garthfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garthfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Garthfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garthfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmont Close | — |
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