Total Crime Rate

99.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.5 8/10
  • Drugs 28.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Penrose Green area has the 34th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 398th 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 Penrose Green (NE3 3TL) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 266.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penrose Green (NE3 3TL), the main crime hotspot is near Ambridge Way. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Penrose Green area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somersby Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bodmin Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ambridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shilmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shilmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambridge Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Madron Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shilmore Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shilmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delamere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsview Avenue —
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
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Data Sources

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