Total Crime Rate
128.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stamfordham Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 296th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stamfordham Road (NE5 3JE) in the last 12 months was 128.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stamfordham Road (NE5 3JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springfield Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southmead Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blakelaw| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkheaton Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Acomb Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Acomb Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wychcroft Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wychcroft Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakemoor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hadstone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stamfordham Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stamfordham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stamfordham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamfordham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamfordham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Deanham Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Acomb Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kirkheaton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Acomb Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southmead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Embleton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bavington Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Yewvale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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