Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Falmouth 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.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Denmark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cardigan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cardigan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Falmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Falmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Flora Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Addison Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King John Terrace | Under investigation |
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