Total Crime Rate

63.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 63.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 7/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Hawthorn Drive area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dunston and Teams , and the 310th lowest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Drive (NE11 9PG) in the last 12 months was 63.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower than the Dunston and Teams average (114.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorn Drive (NE11 9PG), the main crime hotspot is near Dixon Place. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorn Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Clavering Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dixon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oak Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ede Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ede Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynyard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynyard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynyard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Dixon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dixon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dixon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dixon Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dixon Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ross Avenue —
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Data Sources

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