Total Crime Rate

91.8 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 91.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Warkworth Woods area has the 38th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Fawdon & West Gosforth , and the 433rd highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Warkworth Woods (NE3 5RD) in the last 12 months was 91.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warkworth Woods (NE3 5RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warkworth Woods, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arden Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Warkworth Woods area

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Data Sources

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