Total Crime Rate

101.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.2 5/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Oakwood area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in High Fell , and the 260th 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 Oakwood (NE10 8LU) in the last 12 months was 101.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% lower than the High Fell average (149.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakwood (NE10 8LU), the main crime hotspot is near Wallace Gardens. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Oakwood area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staneway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wallace Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Planesway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Planesway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felldyke Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft White Oaks Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kellsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aycliffe Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kellsway Under investigation
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Data Sources

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