Total Crime Rate
132.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitehouse Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in High Fell , and the 155th 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 Whitehouse Crescent (NE9 7DJ) in the last 12 months was 132.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the High Fell average (129.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehouse Crescent (NE9 7DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakwood, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aycliffe Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gateshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Planesway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitehouse Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehouse Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aycliffe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aycliffe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Oaks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Oaks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aycliffe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lanchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallace Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medomsley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakwood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Planesway | Under investigation |
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