Total Crime Rate
182.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kelvedon Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 200th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kelvedon Avenue (NE3 3GT) in the last 12 months was 182.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% higher than the Blakelaw average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 466.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 79.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 800.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kelvedon Avenue (NE3 3GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moor Lane (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blakelaw| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wansfell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashover Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelvedon Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambergate Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelvedon Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ponteland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middle Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wansfell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elvaston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillsleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elvaston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elvaston Crescent | — |
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