Total Crime Rate

219.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

124.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 219.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 124.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.4 10/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Other crime 13.2 10/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hackworth Way area has the 12th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 64th 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 Hackworth Way (NE29 6WT) in the last 12 months was 219.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackworth Way (NE29 6WT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kestrel Way, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chirton Dene Quays (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hackworth Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kestrel Way
Apr 2026Burglary George Stephenson Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Stephenson Way

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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