Total Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Meadowdale Crescent area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 367th 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 Meadowdale Crescent (NE5 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadowdale Crescent (NE5 3HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eastern Way, where police recorded 40 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 | Eastern Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastern Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillsleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wansfell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wansfell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middle Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cyncopa Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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