Total Crime Rate

88.5 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 88.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Drugs 26.9 10/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dykefield Avenue area has the 41st highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 447th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dykefield Avenue (NE3 2QD) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% lower than the Fawdon & West Gosforth average (115.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dykefield Avenue (NE3 2QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cairns Way, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brotherlee Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dykefield Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Kyloe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fawdon Park Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fawdon Park Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Espley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Strathearn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brunton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ingoe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnard Green —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brotherlee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cairns Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Amherst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fawdon Park Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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