Total Crime Rate
155.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cotemede area has the 9th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in High Fell , and the 118th highest crime rate of 693 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 Cotemede (NE10 8JS) in the last 12 months was 155.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% higher than the High Fell average (129.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 108.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotemede (NE10 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Staindrop (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staindrop | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cotemede | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Staindrop | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hopedene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hopedene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staindrop | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Prince George Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince George Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rennington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Falstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rennington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chevington | Under investigation |
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