Total Crime Rate

96.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Kenton Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in New York & Murton , and the 257th 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 Kenton Road (NE29 8AE) in the last 12 months was 96.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% lower than the New York & Murton average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kenton Road (NE29 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kenton Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Darras Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kenton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawdon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Callerton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hexham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hexham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ponteland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ponteland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawdon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Woolsington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Callerton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1316 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darras Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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