Total Crime Rate

212.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 212.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wantage Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 91st highest crime rate of 715 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 Wantage Avenue (NE29 7BE) in the last 12 months was 212.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% higher than the Chirton & Percy Main average (168.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 91.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wantage Avenue (NE29 7BE), the main crime hotspot is near Weyhill Avenue. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wantage Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Main Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Angus Crescent —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Horsham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wantage Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Amble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amble Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Biddlestone Crescent —
Sep 2025Public order Percy Main Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Main Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadow View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wantage Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brahman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brahman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mindrum Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mindrum Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mindrum Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wallsend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weyhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weyhill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brahman Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elsdon Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Weyhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beadnell Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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