Total Crime Rate

24.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

5.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 24.5 3/10
  • Violent crimes 5.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Falmouth Road 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 Falmouth Road (NE6 5NT) 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 Falmouth Road (NE6 5NT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Falmouth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/77)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langhorn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs King John Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary North View Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heaton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heaton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Langhorn Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langhorn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langhorn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Tintern Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shaftesbury Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stannington Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heaton Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheltenham Terrace —
Apr 2026Public order Heaton Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Heaton Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Roxburgh Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cheltenham Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Balmoral Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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