Total Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glenluce area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Birtley , and the 236th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Glenluce (DH3 2JA) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% lower than the Birtley average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glenluce (DH3 2JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartland Drive (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birtley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grasmere | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Motorway Service Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunvegan | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Glenuce | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunvegan | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ennerdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ennerdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ennerdale | Under investigation |
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