Total Crime Rate
13.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Billy Mill Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 85th lowest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Billy Mill Avenue (NE29 0QS) in the last 12 months was 13.1 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% lower than the Chirton & Percy Main average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Billy Mill Avenue (NE29 0QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Front Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston with Preston Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilburn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newlyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scorer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carlton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Nook | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scorer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorncliffe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thorncliffe Place | Under investigation |
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