Total Crime Rate
447.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cragside area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 39th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cragside (NE7 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 447.6 per 1,000 residents and was 370.1% higher than the Heaton average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cragside (NE7 7EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newton Place, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beanley Place (7 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 | Lynmouth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beanley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Craster Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Craster Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cragside | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weldon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Teviotdale Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornel Road | Under investigation |
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