Total Crime Rate
272.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Park Villas area has the 9th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wallsend Central , and the 57th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Villas (NE28 7NW) in the last 12 months was 272.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 161.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Villas (NE28 7NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Street, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chestnut Street (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wallsend Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodbine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sycamore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Acres | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hunters Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hunters Lodge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sycamore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chestnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Villas | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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