Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bracknell Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 261st highest crime rate of 894 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 Bracknell Gardens (NE5 1BR) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.3% higher than the Chapel average (55.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bracknell Gardens (NE5 1BR), the main crime hotspot is near Beckside Gardens. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chudleigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel House Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barbondale Lonnen | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brookfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bracknell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawthorn Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beckside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel House Grove | Under investigation |
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