Total Crime Rate
160.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adelaide Court area has the 40th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 113th highest 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 Adelaide Court (NE8 2EE) in the last 12 months was 160.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% lower than the Bridges average (225.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Adelaide Court (NE8 2EE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 280 crimes here, including 83 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Half Moon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Moon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
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