Crime Rates at Oswald Road, Newbiggin-by-the-sea, NE64 6HX

Oswald Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Newbiggin Central and East , and the 248th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

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 Oswald Road (NE64 6HX) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% higher than the Newbiggin Central and East average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -73.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oswald Road (NE64 6HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Allan Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakwood Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.