Crime Rates at Front Street, Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 4EA

Front Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the 58th 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 Front Street (NE16 4EA) in the last 12 months was 230.1 per 1,000 residents and was 109.8% higher 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 Anti-social behaviour with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 51.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Street (NE16 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Lane, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.