Total Crime Rate

117.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.1 8/10
  • Drugs 53.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chesters Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Camperdown , and the 209th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chesters Avenue (NE12 8PY) in the last 12 months was 117.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% higher than the Camperdown average (76.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 750.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chesters Avenue (NE12 8PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fontburn Place, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charnwood Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chesters Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lutterworth Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowanberry Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Rowanberry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Knowle Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lutterworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lutterworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fontburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fontburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Chesils —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fontburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lutterworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lutterworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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