Crime Rates at Bleachfeld, Gateshead, NE10 8PY

Bleachfeld area has the 15th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Pelaw and Heworth , and the 177th highest crime rate of 693 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 Bleachfeld (NE10 8PY) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% higher than the Pelaw and Heworth average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 80.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bleachfeld (NE10 8PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Monkton, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Paddock (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.