Total Crime Rate
131.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Banbury Way area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 150th highest crime rate of 706 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 Banbury Way (NE29 6HH) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 21.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Banbury Way (NE29 6HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Percy Main, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kilburn Gardens (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chirton & Percy Main| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsdon Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alnwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Banbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brackley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St John'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilburn Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St John'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Percy Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morpeth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weyhill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James' Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James' Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weyhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Main | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Main | Under investigation |
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