Total Crime Rate
70.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ponteland Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 372nd lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ponteland Road (NE5 3DD) in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% lower 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ponteland Road (NE5 3DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorhead Mews (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blakelaw| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linum Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lindale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linum Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linum Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linum Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ridgeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhead Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moorhead Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenhill View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moorhead Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linum Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Howat Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elder Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodburn Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friarside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fouracres Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Whitethorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howat Avenue | — |
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