Crime in NE2: Jesmond, Newcastle
data.police.uk recorded 705 street-level crimes at the representative point for NE2 (Jesmond, Newcastle) in Aug 2026. The most common category was shoplifting (205 reports, 29.1% of the total). The monthly total rose versus the month before. That is roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area.
Jesmond, a Newcastle residential and student district.
Crime by category in NE2
Every street-level crime recorded near the NE2 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 205 | 29.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 152 | 21.6% |
| Violence and sexual offences | 108 | 15.3% |
| Public order | 50 | 7.1% |
| Vehicle crime | 42 | 6% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 | 4.7% |
| Burglary | 29 | 4.1% |
| Other theft | 29 | 4.1% |
| Robbery | 17 | 2.4% |
| Bicycle theft | 13 | 1.8% |
| Theft from the person | 12 | 1.7% |
| Other crime | 9 | 1.3% |
| Drugs | 3 | 0.4% |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 0.4% |
705 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the NE2 centroid, not a single street or property.
NE2 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the NE2 representative point. The recent monthly average is 663 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is NE2?
In Aug 2026, NE2 was roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture, not in isolation.
705 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · shoplifting most common
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in NE2?
data.police.uk recorded 705 street-level crimes in NE2 (Jesmond, Newcastle) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 663 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was shoplifting, at 29.1% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in NE2?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in NE2 were shoplifting (205), anti-social behaviour (152), violence and sexual offences (108). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is NE2 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for NE2 rose most recently and averaged 663 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for NE2?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened (never the exact address), so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Central Newcastle, a busy Tyneside city-centre and nightlife core.
Prime central London around Westminster and St James's, a dense government and tourism district.
Prime central Chelsea, a low-density affluent residential district.
Battersea and Clapham Junction, a busy riverside district around one of the UK's busiest stations.
Wandsworth and Earlsfield, a residential commuter district inside Zone 2/3.
Wimbledon, a busy town-centre and residential family district.
Sources
- Street-level crime data, data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding, postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.