Total Crime Rate
210.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Redgrave Close area has the 35th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 94th highest crime rate of 696 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 Redgrave Close (NE8 3JD) in the last 12 months was 210.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% lower than the Bridges average (277.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Redgrave Close (NE8 3JD), the main crime hotspot is near Gateshead Stadium. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bridges| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stadium Industrial Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gateshead Stadium | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Redgrave Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Redgrave Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Redgrave Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Redgrave Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Redgrave Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gateshead Stadium | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stadium Industrial Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateshead Stadium | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gateshead Stadium | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gateshead Stadium | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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