Crime Rates at Weardale Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 9LX

Weardale Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Battle Hill , and the 244th 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 Weardale Avenue (NE28 9LX) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% lower than the Battle Hill average (101.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weardale Avenue (NE28 9LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Avenue North (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.