Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shaftesbury Grove area has the 15th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Heaton , and the 333rd highest crime rate of 894 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 Shaftesbury Grove (NE6 5JA) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% higher than the Heaton average (81.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shaftesbury Grove (NE6 5JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roxburgh Place, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heaton Park Road (29 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 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stannington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaftesbury Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tintern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Langhorn Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Burlington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King John Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
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