Total Crime Rate
137.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Osborne Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Heaton , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Avenue (NE2 1JQ) in the last 12 months was 137.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Heaton average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborne Avenue (NE2 1JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lily Avenue, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Osborne Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fernwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grosvenor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grosvenor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mistletoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fernwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mistletoe Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mistletoe Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Holly Avenue West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lily Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eslington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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