Total Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deckham Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bridges , and the 284th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Gateshead .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Deckham Street (NE8 3UX) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deckham Street (NE8 3UX), the main crime hotspot is near Kingston Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chiswick Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mafeking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mount Pleasent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosebery Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baden Powell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deckham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mafeking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Durham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Street | — |
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