Total Crime Rate

70.7 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 70.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wingrove Road North area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 372nd lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wingrove Road North (NE5 3AW) in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% lower than the Blakelaw average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wingrove Road North (NE5 3AW), the main crime hotspot is near Moorhead Mews. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wingrove Road North area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodburn Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorhead Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lindale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redewater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redewater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Fouracres Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fouracres Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moorhead Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friarside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moorhead Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rose Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rose Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ridgeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redewater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redewater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moorside Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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