An elderly woman has been injured during an aggravated break and enter in Newcastle on the weekend.

About 4.15am (Sunday 13 September 2015), the 81-year-old woman was asleep in her home on Gordon Street, Mayfield West, when she was awoken by noise in her home.

She went to investigate the noise and confronted a male intruder.

The man pushed the woman to the floor before he fled the scene.

The woman sustained minor injuries to her forehead and left knee and was taken to The Mater Hospital for observation.

The woman was unable to provide police with a description of the offender, apart from the fact he was male.

Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area at the time is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.