Total Crime Rate
16.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Theresa Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Blaydon , and the 77th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
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 Theresa Street (NE21 4QD) in the last 12 months was 16.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% lower than the Blaydon average (116.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 4.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Theresa Street (NE21 4QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitmore Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blaydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shop Spouts | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shop Spouts | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East View | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East View | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyne Street | β |
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