Total Crime Rate

79.9 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 79.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

The Firs area has the 45th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 415th lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Firs (NE3 4PH) in the last 12 months was 79.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Firs (NE3 4PH), the main crime hotspot is near Halterburn Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Firs area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Barrasford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Firs Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elmfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delaval Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barrasford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Barrasford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Briarfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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