Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 97.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Palm Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in West Fenham , and the 410th 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 Palm Avenue (NE4 9QT) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the West Fenham average (118.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (β‰ˆ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palm Avenue (NE4 9QT), the main crime hotspot is near Shipley Avenue. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Palm Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brand Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ord Court β€”
Sep 2025Other crime B1305 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shipley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shipley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shipley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shipley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linden Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linden Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linden Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoyle Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Burglary B1305 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ord Court β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoyle Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ord Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fenham Chase Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Middlewood Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Baxter Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ord Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoyle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoyle Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1305 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fenham Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fenham Chase β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fenham Chase β€”

Data Sources

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