Total Crime Rate

91.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dockendale Place area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Blaydon , and the 290th highest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dockendale Place (NE21 5GJ) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% lower than the Blaydon average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dockendale Place (NE21 5GJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linden Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hadrian Gardens (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dockendale Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Robinsons Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Berryhill Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadrian Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenrigg Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenrigg Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dockendale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Whitewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Masseys View —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shibdon Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunns Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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