Total Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ennerdale area has the 7th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in High Fell , and the 118th 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 Ennerdale (NE37 1BS) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% higher than the High Fell average (149.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ennerdale (NE37 1BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wensleydale Avenue, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Way (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In High Fell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albany Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wensleydale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wensleydale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weardale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Garsdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | South Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blue House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blue House Lane | Under investigation |
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