Total Crime Rate

220.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 220.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Keebledale Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 146th highest crime rate of 903 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 220.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keebledale Avenue (NE6 4HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keebledale Avenue, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borrowdale Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Keebledale Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Northmoor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keebledale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentmere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary West Farm Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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