Total Crime Rate

20.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 20.3 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Southfield Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the 85th 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 Southfield Road (NE16 4RS) in the last 12 months was 20.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southfield Road (NE16 4RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Devon Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southfield Gardens (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansbury Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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