Crime Rates at Keebledale Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4HS

Keebledale Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Byker , and the 97th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Keebledale Avenue (NE6 4HS) in the last 12 months was 244.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% higher than the Byker average (221.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keebledale Avenue (NE6 4HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kentmere Avenue, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borrowdale Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.