Crime Rate in Bridges, ward

Bridges has the highest crime rate of 22 wards in Gateshead district and the 205th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 15th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bridges in the last 12 months was 225.5 per 1,000 residents and was 135.0% higher than the Gateshead district average (96.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bridges’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 743 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 24 cases , down -4.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,048 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bridges ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 350 crimes here, including 108 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.