Total Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southlands area has the 34th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 401st 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 Southlands (NE7 7YH) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 333.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 366.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southlands (NE7 7YH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southlands | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beanley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Eastlands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Head Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weldon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Road | Under investigation |
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