Total Crime Rate

185.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 185.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.8 6/10
  • Drugs 23.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Other crime 18.5 10/10
  • Burglary 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fairspring area has the 7th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 195th 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 Fairspring (NE5 2PX) in the last 12 months was 185.2 per 1,000 residents and was 258.8% higher than the Chapel average (51.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairspring (NE5 2PX), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairspring area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourstones Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ewesley Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glantlees —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glantlees Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garthfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garthfield Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourstones Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garthfield Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Briarside Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ellesmere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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