Crime Rates at Bayfield Gardens, Gateshead, NE8 3PT

Bayfield Gardens area has the 34th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 696 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 Bayfield Gardens (NE8 3PT) in the last 12 months was 229.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Bridges average (277.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 92.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 850.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bayfield Gardens (NE8 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howe Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Severn Gardens (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.