Total Crime Rate
193.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Medomsley Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chowdene , and the 81st highest crime rate of 693 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 Medomsley Gardens (NE9 7DA) in the last 12 months was 193.4 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% higher than the Chowdene average (110.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Medomsley Gardens (NE9 7DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aycliffe Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cleadon Gardens (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aycliffe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaburn Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehouse Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eighton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brandon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Seaburn Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medomsley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleadon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleadon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleadon Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lanchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aycliffe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aycliffe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitehouse Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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