Postcode · Gateshead
Crime in NE9 7AS
How much crime is recorded in NE9 7AS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Beacon Lough & Wrekenton
- Council
- Gateshead
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,584 (2024)
NE9 7ASGateshead
How safe is NE9 7AS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 25.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NE9 7AS area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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 7ASNational
Violence and sexual offences17.623.6
Burglary12.89.1
Shoplifting11.78.4
Anti-social behaviour10.510.7
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Public order3.04.6
Other crime2.41.5
Other theft1.84.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Drugs1.32.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.