Total Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.4 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 Mount area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Crawcrook and Greenside , and the 241st lowest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Mount (NE40 3NH) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% lower than the Crawcrook and Greenside average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Mount (NE40 3NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lane Head, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Mount area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lane Head Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grange Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Mount —
Sep 2025Public order Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grange Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lane Head Under investigation
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Data Sources

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