Total Crime Rate
129.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cotemede area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Pelaw and Heworth , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cotemede (NE10 8JR) in the last 12 months was 129.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% higher than the Pelaw and Heworth average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (β 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotemede (NE10 8JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Staindrop (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pelaw and Heworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopedene | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartburn | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chevington | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chevington | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartburn | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartburn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Staindrop | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince George Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Prince George Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coverdale | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Falstone | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Falstone | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falstone | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falstone | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falstone | Under investigation |
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