Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Galloping Green Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chowdene , and the 304th highest crime rate of 696 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 Galloping Green Road (NE9 7XA) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Chowdene average (119.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Galloping Green Road (NE9 7XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Finchale Gardens, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vicarage Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Galloping Green Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tanfield Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chopwell Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clematis Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Witton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galloping Green Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springwell Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Finchale Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Finchale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Springwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Finchale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Springwell Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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