Total Crime Rate
137.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Etal Crescent area has the 21st highest crime rate of 132 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 169th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .
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 Etal Crescent (NE27 0NT) in the last 12 months was 137.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% higher than the Backworth & Holystone average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 206.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Etal Crescent (NE27 0NT), the main crime hotspot is near Beal Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Backworth & Holystone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lower Crone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Beal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beal Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlsmeadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenrigg Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shiremoor | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lesbury Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | James Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Etal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ford Crescent | Under investigation |
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