Crime Rates at Mersey Road, Gateshead, NE8 3SR

Mersey Road area has the 56th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 192nd 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 Mersey Road (NE8 3SR) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mersey Road (NE8 3SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gower Walk, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Severn Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.