Crime Rates at Hexham Old Road, Ryton, NE40 3JQ

Hexham Old Road 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 Hexham Old Road (NE40 3JQ) 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 Hexham Old Road (NE40 3JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Grove (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.