Total Crime Rate

431.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 431.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 166.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.5 10/10
  • Public order 24.7 10/10
  • Drugs 17.7 10/10
  • Other crime 17.7 10/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Warwick Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wallsend Central , and the 20th 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 Warwick Road (NE28 6RT) in the last 12 months was 431.1 per 1,000 residents and was 155.0% higher than the Wallsend Central average (169.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 208.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warwick Road (NE28 6RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street West (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Warwick Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Eastfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tiberius Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tiberius Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crawley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft David Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sedley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Sedley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elton Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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