Total Crime Rate

94.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 61.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Phillips Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the 233rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .

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 Phillips Avenue (NE16 4BB) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Dunston Hill and Whickham East average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Phillips Avenue (NE16 4BB), the main crime hotspot is near Park Terrace. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Phillips Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rosebud Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kipling Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kipling Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clavering Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ruskin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fellside Court —
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Data Sources

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