Total Crime Rate
15.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Back Main Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Crawcrook and Greenside , and the 70th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Back Main Street (NE40 4HT) in the last 12 months was 15.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% lower than the Crawcrook and Greenside average (50.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Back Main Street (NE40 4HT), the main crime hotspot is near Main Street. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crawcrook and Greenside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifford Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Main Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Dale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden House Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tilley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rossdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rossdale | Under investigation |
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