Total Crime Rate

108.4 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 108.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mead Avenue area has the 31st highest crime rate of 132 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 226th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mead Avenue (NE12 9AT) in the last 12 months was 108.4 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% higher than the Backworth & Holystone average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mead Avenue (NE12 9AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Hall Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edwin'S Avenue South (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mead Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Delaval Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dovecote Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mowbray Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mowbray Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oswin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granville Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Croft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillary Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crescent Way North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Copse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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