Crime Rates at Fife Street, Gateshead, NE8 3RR

Fife Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 322nd highest crime rate of 696 local areas in Gateshead .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fife Street (NE8 3RR) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 137.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fife Street (NE8 3RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Edmund'S Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edgware Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.