Total Crime Rate

206.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 206.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.9 10/10
  • Public order 22.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 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

Brigham Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 174th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brigham Avenue (NE3 4RD) in the last 12 months was 206.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 104.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brigham Avenue (NE3 4RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brigham Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brigham Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brigham Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Brigham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brigham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Millfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Millgrove View Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millgrove View Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Riding Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brigham Close —
Sep 2025Public order Birnham Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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