Total Crime Rate

288.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 288.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 238.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 32.5 6/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Robbery 10.8 9/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cragside area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Heaton , and the 75th highest crime rate of 894 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 7EL) in the last 12 months was 288.8 per 1,000 residents and was 255.6% higher than the Heaton average (81.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cragside (NE7 7EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newton Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cragside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harlow Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastlands Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lynnholm Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lynnholm Close —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lynmouth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harlow Place —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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