Crime Rates at East Street, Chopwell, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17 7DN

East Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Crawcrook and Greenside , and the 287th highest crime rate of 696 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 East Street (NE17 7DN) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% higher than the Crawcrook and Greenside average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (NE17 7DN), the main crime hotspot is near Tay Street. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.