Total Crime Rate

107.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Crescent area has the 25th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Crawcrook and Greenside , and the 245th 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 The Crescent (NE40 3JL) in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (NE40 3JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whernside Walk (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mullen Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whernside Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inleborough Drive
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whernside Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whernside Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whernside Walk
Sep 2025Drugs The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Runhead Estate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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