Crime Rates at Bowness Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 9SL

Bowness Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Battle Hill , and the 49th 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 Bowness Avenue (NE28 9SL) in the last 12 months was 299.2 per 1,000 residents and was 193.6% higher than the Battle Hill average (101.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 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 ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowness Avenue (NE28 9SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Embleton Avenue, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bellshill Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.