Crime Rates at Fairspring, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 2PY

Fairspring area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 417th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairspring (NE5 2PY) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 85.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairspring (NE5 2PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dayshield (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.