Crime Rate in Windy Nook and Whitehills, ward

Windy Nook and Whitehills has the 8th lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Gateshead district and the 2819th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 135th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Windy Nook and Whitehills in the last 12 months was 78.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% lower than the Gateshead district average (114.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Windy Nook and Whitehills’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 339 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 39.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 417 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Windy Nook and Whitehills ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Windy Nook Road. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.