Total Crime Rate
60.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoneleigh Avenue area has the 46th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Camperdown , and the 329th highest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stoneleigh Avenue (NE12 8XN) in the last 12 months was 60.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher than the Camperdown average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoneleigh Avenue (NE12 8XN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clent Way, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carrigill Drive (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Longbenton & Benton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Consort Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monks Park Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merlin Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Merlin Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackfriars Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Camsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Farm Avenue | Under investigation |
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