Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 84.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 26.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 26.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.2 7/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rothbury Avenue area has the 34th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 397th highest crime rate of 894 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 Rothbury Avenue (NE3 3HL) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% lower than the Fawdon & West Gosforth average (92.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rothbury Avenue (NE3 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coquet Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rothbury Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Budle Close —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hepple Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harbottle Avenue —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Craster Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Craster Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wansbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Coquet Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wansbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beadnell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coquet Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Wansbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coquet Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coquet Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Glanton Wynd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Glanton Wynd Under investigation
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Data Sources

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