Postcode · Gateshead
Crime in NE9 6AL
How much crime is recorded in NE9 6AL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Low Fell West
- Council
- Gateshead
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,113 (2024)
NE9 6ALGateshead
How safe is NE9 6AL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NE9 6AL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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 6ALNational
Violence and sexual offences10.423.6
Burglary9.59.1
Anti-social behaviour5.410.7
Public order4.14.6
Other crime2.91.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Other theft0.44.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 56% 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.