Crime in NE8 2HJ
How much crime is recorded in NE8 2HJ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bensham North
- Council
- Gateshead
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,557 (2024)
NE8 2HJGateshead
How safe is NE8 2HJ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NE8 2HJ area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.