Total Crime Rate

95.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Greely Road 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 Greely Road (NE5 5LD) 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 Greely Road (NE5 5LD), the main crime hotspot is near Lordenshaw. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Greely Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brokenheugh Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brokenheugh Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Frankham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Byrness Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byrness Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Frankham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruce Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilkes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilkes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilkes Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brokenheugh Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lordenshaw Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brokenheugh Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brokenheugh Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brokenheugh —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brokenheugh Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brokenheugh Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brokenheugh Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brokenheugh Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brokenheugh Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brokenheugh Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lordenshaw —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lordenshaw Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longhirst Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linhope Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Peary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downham Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wheatfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rosemount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longhirst Under investigation
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Data Sources

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