Total Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colebridge Close area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Blakelaw , and the 399th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colebridge Close (NE5 3UE) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% lower than the Blakelaw average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colebridge Close (NE5 3UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foxglove Walk (15 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 | Other crime | Broxburn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawlston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craigmillar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ives Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Foxglove Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foxglove Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Austell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawlston Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawlston Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cragston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ponteland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foxglove Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Foxglove Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxglove Walk | — |
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