Total Crime Rate
174.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coatsworth Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 96th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coatsworth Road (NE8 1QL) in the last 12 months was 174.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% lower than the Bridges average (225.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coatsworth Road (NE8 1QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coatsworth Court, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coatsworth Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villa Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bensham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Havelock Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Havelock Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Havelock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Village Heights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villa Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bensham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villa Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villa Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villa Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Affleck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Affleck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coatsworth Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coatsworth Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coatsworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bensham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coatsworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bensham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overhill Terrace | Under investigation |
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