Total Crime Rate

103.7 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 103.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Prestwick area has the 21st highest crime rate of 70 local areas in High Fell , and the 252nd 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 Prestwick (NE10 8NA) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prestwick (NE10 8NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakwood, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kellsway (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prestwick area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Planesway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kellsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Planesway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kellsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felldyke Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staneway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cedarway —
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Data Sources

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