Crime Rates at Osborne Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 2AP

Osborne Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Heaton , and the 261st highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Road (NE2 2AP) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% higher than the Heaton average (81.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -78.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osborne Road (NE2 2AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lily Avenue, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.