Total Crime Rate

26.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 26.2 3/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Hillsview Avenue area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hillsview Avenue (NE3 3TB) in the last 12 months was 26.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% 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 Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillsview Avenue (NE3 3TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ambridge Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hillsview Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brunton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambridge Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Purley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fulbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fulbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crantock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delamere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bodmin Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shilmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shilmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shilmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shilmore Road
Sep 2025Other crime Ambridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carrfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somersby Drive
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsview Avenue

Data Sources

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