Total Crime Rate

91.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Cragside Gardens area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Howdon , and the 274th highest crime rate of 715 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 Cragside Gardens (NE28 7DS) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% lower than the Howdon average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cragside Gardens (NE28 7DS), the main crime hotspot is near Dovecrest Court. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cragside Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mcnamara Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovecrest Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovecrest Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bondfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Engine Inn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lesbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilsland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenside Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Threap Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Threap Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Threap Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Threap Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Threap Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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