Total Crime Rate

151.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 151.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 60.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wantage Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 120th 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 Wantage Avenue (NE29 7BE) in the last 12 months was 151.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wantage Avenue (NE29 7BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Percy Main, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amble Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wantage Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fallodon Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Alnwick Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Amble Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Amble Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Weyhill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weyhill Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Banbury Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Banbury Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alnmouth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alnmouth Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alnmouth Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brackley Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Main Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Main Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Biddlestone Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elsdon Terrace —
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Data Sources

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