Total Crime Rate

32.7 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 32.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 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
  • 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

Falmouth Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 176th 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 Falmouth Road (NE6 5NT) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower than the Heaton average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Falmouth Road (NE6 5NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roxburgh Place, where police recorded 180 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.

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Crime Over Time in Falmouth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heaton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heaton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Denmark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heaton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cardigan Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cardigan Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardigan Terrace —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Falmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Falmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stannington Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heaton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Molineux Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Molineux Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Molineux Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Addison Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King John Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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