Total Crime Rate

7.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 7.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Stratford Villas area has the lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 903 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 Stratford Villas (NE6 5AX) in the last 12 months was 7.3 per 1,000 residents and was 92.4% lower than the Heaton average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stratford Villas (NE6 5AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amble Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stratford Villas area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Stratford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Grove West Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Greystoke Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Greystoke Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bolingbroke Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Bolingbroke Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolingbroke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bolingbroke Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Grove West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Grove West Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Greystoke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hotspur Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hotspur Street —
Sep 2025Public order Hotspur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hotspur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotspur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bolingbroke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springbank Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Mowbray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amble Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amble Grove —
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Data Sources

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