Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastgarth area has the 35th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 261st 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 Eastgarth (NE5 4ET) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% higher than the Blakelaw average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastgarth (NE5 4ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Drive (24 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 | Hedgehope Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastgarth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgehope Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgehope Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bluebell Dene | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgarth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastgarth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eastgarth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hedgehope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hopton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hopton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopton Court | Under investigation |
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