Total Crime Rate
34.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Welbeck Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Walkergate , and the 222nd lowest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Road (NE6 4JP) in the last 12 months was 34.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower than the Walkergate average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welbeck Road (NE6 4JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Berry Close, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middle Street East (20 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Edendale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nidsdale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coquetdale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winslow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Eastbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairhaven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nidsdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coquetdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waverdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waverdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coquetdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edendale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edendale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westerdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westerdale Place | Under investigation |
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