Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dunnykirk Avenue area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 400th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

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 Dunnykirk Avenue (NE3 3YY) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% lower than the Blakelaw average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunnykirk Avenue (NE3 3YY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mallowburn Crescent, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beadnell Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunnykirk Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartburn Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazeldene Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byrewood Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirston Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartburn Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartburn Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Hazeldene Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mallowburn Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mallowburn Crescent —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Studdon Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Studdon Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourstones Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mallowburn Crescent —
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Data Sources

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