Total Crime Rate

150.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 73.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Weldon Way area has the 19th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 255th 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 Weldon Way (NE3 3HX) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% higher than the Fawdon & West Gosforth average (115.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weldon Way (NE3 3HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coquet Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Weldon Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wansbeck Road North —
Sep 2025Burglary Coquet Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beadnell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beadnell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Farnon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Chase —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coquet Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkley Close —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lesbury Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lesbury Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harbottle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harbottle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Budle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Chase —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Chase —
Sep 2025Burglary Wansbeck Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wansbeck Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wansbeck Road South Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jubilee Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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