Crime in NE12 5
How much crime is recorded in NE12 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Region
- North East
- Population
- 5,653 (2024)
NE12 5Postcode sector · Newcastle upon Tyne
How safe is NE12 5
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in NE12 5, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- NE12 5AB
- NE12 5AD
- NE12 5AE
- NE12 5AF
- NE12 5AG
- NE12 5AH
- NE12 5AJ
- NE12 5AL
- NE12 5AN
- NE12 5AP
- NE12 5AQ
- NE12 5AR
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- NE12 5BA
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- NE12 5BL
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- NE12 5RF
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- NE12 5UJ
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- NE12 5XA
- NE12 5XB
- NE12 5XD
- NE12 5XE
- NE12 5XG
- NE12 5XH
- NE12 5XJ
- NE12 5XL
- NE12 5XN