Total Crime Rate

153.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 29.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fellmere Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Pelaw and Heworth , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fellmere Avenue (NE10 0XL) in the last 12 months was 153.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.1% higher than the Pelaw and Heworth average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fellmere Avenue (NE10 0XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Street, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buttermere (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fellmere Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Buttermere Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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