Total Crime Rate

97.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 36.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hunters Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Dene & South Gosforth , and the 411th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

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 Hunters Road (NE3 1SD) in the last 12 months was 97.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% higher than the Dene & South Gosforth average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hunters Road (NE3 1SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Rise, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near William Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hunters Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lartington Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarance Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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