Crime Rate in Crawcrook and Greenside, ward

Crawcrook and Greenside has the 4th lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Gateshead district and the 3293rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 76th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Crawcrook and Greenside in the last 12 months was 58.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower than the Gateshead district average (114.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Crawcrook and Greenside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 170 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 232 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Crawcrook and Greenside ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Main Street, with 48 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Meadowfield Crescent (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.