Total Crime Rate

226.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 226.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 91.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Briar Edge area has the 8th highest crime rate of 132 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 75th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briar Edge (NE12 7JN) in the last 12 months was 226.3 per 1,000 residents and was 184.3% higher than the Backworth & Holystone average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briar Edge (NE12 7JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burn Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Delaval Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Briar Edge area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delaval Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Delaval Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Delaval Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Delaval Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Delaval Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Myrtle Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Connaught Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Glebe Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Delaval Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glebe Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Percy Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teesdale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clydedale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teesdale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holly Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wens Leydale Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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