Total Crime Rate
221.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookside Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 119th 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 Brookside Crescent (NE5 3NA) in the last 12 months was 221.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% higher than the Blakelaw average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookside Crescent (NE5 3NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springfield Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arden Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bavington Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hauxley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmesdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmesdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birling Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rennington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morwick Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westerhope Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bavington Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maudlin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hadstone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hadstone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hadstone Place | Under investigation |
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