Total Crime Rate

101.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

13.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 13.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.9 2/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brooke Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the 213th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .

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 Brooke Avenue (NE16 4BN) in the last 12 months was 101.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower than the Dunston Hill and Whickham East average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooke Avenue (NE16 4BN), the main crime hotspot is near Park Terrace. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brooke Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Kingsley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Kipling Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clavering Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kipling Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kipling Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fellside Court —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ruskin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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