Total Crime Rate
6.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moor Park Road area has the lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in New York & Murton , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moor Park Road (NE29 8AZ) in the last 12 months was 6.9 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% lower than the New York & Murton average (123.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moor Park Road (NE29 8AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Billy Mill Lane, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenton Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In New York & Murton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tamar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aidan'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aidan'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billy Mill Lane | Under investigation |
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