Total Crime Rate
567.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marian Court area has the 7th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 14th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marian Court (NE8 2HY) in the last 12 months was 567.3 per 1,000 residents and was 151.6% higher than the Bridges average (225.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marian Court (NE8 2HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Mill, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Mill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cuthbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cuthbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cuthbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cuthbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Mill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwentwater Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marian Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridges View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rectory Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rectory Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Mill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Mill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Mill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Mill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cuthbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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