Total Crime Rate
95.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ullswater Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in West Fenham , and the 346th highest crime rate of 894 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 Ullswater Way (NE5 2SL) in the last 12 months was 95.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ullswater Way (NE5 2SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 77 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ancroft Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromdale Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cromdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotehill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromdale Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Slatyford Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Slatyford Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mardale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mardale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mardale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wansford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birchvale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromdale Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromdale Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silloth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silloth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shap Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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