Total Crime Rate

174.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 174.4 9/10
  • Other theft 34.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 31.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Public order 23.3 9/10
  • Burglary 19.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lealholm Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Dene & South Gosforth , and the 211th 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 Lealholm Road (NE7 7NN) in the last 12 months was 174.4 per 1,000 residents and was 189.6% higher than the Dene & South Gosforth average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lealholm Road (NE7 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fontburn Place, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longbenton (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lealholm Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fontburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clent Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Longbenton Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fontburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fontburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbenton Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Farm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clent Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clent Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clent Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Paxford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Chesils —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longbenton —
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Data Sources

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