Total Crime Rate

203.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 203.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windsor Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howdon , and the 100th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windsor Drive (NE28 0PS) in the last 12 months was 203.6 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% higher than the Howdon average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windsor Drive (NE28 0PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandown Gardens, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elgin Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Windsor Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Windsor Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Malvern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denbigh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Langdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ennerdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ennerdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Windsor Cottages Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Cottages —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Appleby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleby Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleby Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lisle Grove —
Sep 2025Drugs Derwent Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ilford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandown Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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