Postcode · Gateshead
Crime in NE9 5FB
How much crime is recorded in NE9 5FB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Low Fell West
- Council
- Gateshead
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,601 (2024)
NE9 5FBGateshead
How safe is NE9 5FB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 21.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NE9 5FB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
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).
NE9 5FBNational
Burglary18.69.1
Shoplifting12.28.4
Violence and sexual offences10.223.6
Anti-social behaviour5.210.7
Robbery4.11.4
Other theft2.54.5
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Public order1.84.6
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 38% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.