Total Crime Rate

84.5 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 84.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Oswalds Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wallsend Central , and the 295th 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 St Oswalds Road (NE28 7HJ) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Oswalds Road (NE28 7HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cestrium Court (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Oswalds Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cestrium Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Norfolk Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Oswald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blanchland Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bede Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bede Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Segedunum Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norfolk Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caesar Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bede Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haggie Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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