Total Crime Rate

92.0 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 92.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.5 3/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Amble Way area has the 37th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 432nd 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 Amble Way (NE3 3JB) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 450.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Amble Way (NE3 3JB), 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 Amble Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Regent Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glanton Wynd Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coquet Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Regent Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkley Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lesbury Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lesbury Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Chase —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Chase —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Chase —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Budle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harbottle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harbottle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coquet Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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