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Crime in NE8

How much crime is recorded in NE8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Gateshead
Region
North East
Population
42,419 (2024)
Crime

How safe is NE8

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in NE8, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
36.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
84
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

NE8National
Violence and sexual offences25.123.6
Anti-social behaviour17.110.7
Burglary16.49.1
Criminal damage and arson7.24.7
Shoplifting7.08.4
Other theft6.04.5
Public order5.94.6
Vehicle crime4.53.5
Other crime2.81.5
Drugs1.82.4
Robbery1.61.4
Theft from the person1.02.1
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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