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

East Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Crawcrook and Greenside , and the 225th 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 East Street (NE17 7DN) in the last 12 months was 97.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% higher than the Crawcrook and Greenside average (50.4 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (NE17 7DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tay Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.