Total Crime Rate

3752.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 3752.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1546.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 689.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 416.0 10/10
  • Public order 319.3 10/10
  • Other theft 243.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 201.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 105.0 10/10
  • Burglary 79.8 10/10
  • Drugs 33.6 10/10
  • Other crime 33.6 10/10
  • Robbery 29.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 21.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.4 9/10
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

Gibside Way area has the highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the highest crime rate of 696 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 Gibside Way (NE11 9BT) in the last 12 months was 3752.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2574.3% higher than the Dunston Hill and Whickham East average (140.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 368 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 252 (≈ 1058.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gibside Way (NE11 9BT), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gibside Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maple Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gibside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pinetree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gibside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gibside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gibside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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