Total Crime Rate

65.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 65.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 20.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highbury Place area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 307th highest 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 Highbury Place (NE29 0RB) in the last 12 months was 65.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% 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 Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highbury Place (NE29 0RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windermere Terrace (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highbury Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Thorncliffe Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Thorncliffe Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Carlton Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chirton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lilburn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silkey'S Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lilburn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lilburn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lilburn Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Scorer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Newlyn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spring Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Appleby Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawkey'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scorer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Nook Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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