Crime Rates at Briarsyde Close, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 5UH

Briarsyde Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunston Hill and Whickham East , and the 260th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briarsyde Close (NE16 5UH) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Dunston Hill and Whickham East average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 109.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briarsyde Close (NE16 5UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Foxhills, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Briarsyde Close (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.