Total Crime Rate
96.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tilson Way area has the 25th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 341st 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 Tilson Way (NE3 3ST) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% higher than the Fawdon & West Gosforth average (92.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tilson Way (NE3 3ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ambridge Way (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Delamere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambridge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambridge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambridge Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hillsview Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambridge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Afton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Delamere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Road | Under investigation |
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