Crime Rates at Lesbury Street, Wallsend, NE28 0JX

Lesbury Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 77th highest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lesbury Street (NE28 0JX) in the last 12 months was 192.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% higher than the Chirton & Percy Main average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lesbury Street (NE28 0JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meldon Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Telford Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.