Total Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heaton Grove area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Heaton , and the 143rd 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 Heaton Grove (NE6 5NP) in the last 12 months was 24.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.8% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 92.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heaton Grove (NE6 5NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roxburgh Place, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Molineux Street (37 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Heaton 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King John Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Langhorn Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaftesbury Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stannington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Flora Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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