Total Crime Rate
169.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ross Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dunston and Teams , and the 105th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ross Avenue (NE11 9EQ) in the last 12 months was 169.4 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% higher than the Dunston and Teams average (97.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 107.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ross Avenue (NE11 9EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dixon Place, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barry Street (12 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 | Ross Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ross Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clephan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dixon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rendel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dixon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dixon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dixon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dixon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dixon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dixon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dixon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ross Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flour Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barry Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ross Avenue | — |
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