Total Crime Rate

53.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.8 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Newlands Avenue area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newlands Avenue (NE3 5PX) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 12 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newlands Avenue (NE3 5PX), the main crime hotspot is near Greenriggs Avenue. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newlands Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brackenside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Juniper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenriggs Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conningsby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whitebridge Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charleswood Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whitebridge Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Greenriggs Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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