Total Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rowchester Way area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 124th lowest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
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 Rowchester Way (NE27 0JA) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% lower than the Backworth & Holystone average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rowchester Way (NE27 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Farm Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harbottle Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Backworth & Holystone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Cuthberts Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowchester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harbottle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Bedes Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harbottle Grove | Under investigation |
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