Total Crime Rate
26.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Budleigh Road 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 Budleigh Road (NE3 3TP) 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 Budleigh Road (NE3 3TP), 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.
View Crime In Fawdon & West Gosforth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shilmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shilmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shilmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ambridge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambridge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambridge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambridge Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bodmin Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsview Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Delamere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somersby Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shilmore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crantock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Madron Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Purley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milne Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fulbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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