Crime Rate in Fawdon & West Gosforth, ward

Fawdon & West Gosforth has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Newcastle upon Tyne district and the 1249th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 119th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Fawdon & West Gosforth in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% lower than the Newcastle upon Tyne district average (145.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Fawdon & West Gosforth’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 458 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 265.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 598 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Fawdon & West Gosforth ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 113 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Belsay Gardens (52 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.