Total Crime Rate
94.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Graham Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the 233rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Graham Avenue (NE16 4BE) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Dunston Hill and Whickham East average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Graham Avenue (NE16 4BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carlyle Crescent, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whickham North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holme Rise | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fellside Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holme Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ruskin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rose Villa Lane | Under investigation |
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