Total Crime Rate
4.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blagdon Close area has the lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Monument , and the 9th lowest crime rate of 894 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 Blagdon Close (NE1 2JH) in the last 12 months was 4.9 per 1,000 residents and was 99.1% lower than the Monument average (577.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 1.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blagdon Close (NE1 2JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prince Albert Terrace, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Albert Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Barns | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Red Barns | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Albert Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Swirle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Swirle | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garth Heads | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Albert Terrace | Under investigation |
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