Total Crime Rate

210.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 210.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.8 10/10
  • Public order 31.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Silloth Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in West Fenham , and the 160th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Silloth Avenue (NE5 2TB) in the last 12 months was 210.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.9% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silloth Avenue (NE5 2TB), the main crime hotspot is near Walton Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Silloth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wasdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Slatyford Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haydon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tirril Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Walton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keswick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shap Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keswick Grove

Data Sources

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