Total Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashkirk area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 109 local areas in Camperdown , and the 65th lowest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashkirk (NE23 7DF) in the last 12 months was 11.4 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower than the Camperdown average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashkirk (NE23 7DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East View Terrace, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cloverhill Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weetslade| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | March Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | March Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | March Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | March Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloverhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | March Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East View Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East View Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East View Terrace | Under investigation |
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