Total Crime Rate

358.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 358.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 129.4 10/10
  • Public order 99.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.6 9/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wellshede area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Pelaw and Heworth , and the 35th highest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellshede (NE10 8DJ) in the last 12 months was 358.2 per 1,000 residents and was 274.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 184.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 428.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellshede (NE10 8DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Meresyde. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wellshede area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graystones Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Priestley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lingshaw Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lingshaw Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cropthorne Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropthorne Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Meresyde Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meresyde Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meresyde Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Roehedge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Roehedge Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Roehedge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Meresyde Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Meresyde Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meresyde —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roehedge Under investigation
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Data Sources

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