Total Crime Rate
27.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornfield Place area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Winlaton and High Spen , and the 152nd lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thornfield Place (NE39 2PL) in the last 12 months was 27.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Winlaton and High Spen average (31.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornfield Place (NE39 2PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rowland Burn Way, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rookswood Gardens (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chopwell and Rowlands Gill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowland Burn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brockwell Drive | — |
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