Newcastle upon Tyne · Crime & flooding

Crime and flood risk in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city. This page covers recorded crime per 1,000 residents and flood risk from rivers and the sea, from official data: each figure with the period it covers, the area it was measured over and its source.

Flood risk from rivers and the sea

0.3% of nearby postcodes have homes at medium or high flood risk. Period: latest release, 2 Nov 2026. Area: A 3 km radius around the centre of the named place. Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064

Recorded crime

188 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Period: September 2025 to August 2026. Area: 2021 census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) centred within the analysis area. Source: data.police.uk street-level crime. 24,181 reports among 128,422 residents: street-level crimes and anti-social behaviour recorded over 12 months in the 2021 census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) centred within 3 km, divided by their Census 2021 residents. Per resident, not per visitor: town centres and the coast record more because more people pass through than live there.

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