Gateshead Town
Middle areaNorth east Gateshead. 8,907 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 64% of people in Gateshead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Gateshead Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gateshead Town at a rate of 257.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.2 per 1,000 people across Gateshead.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 600 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 541 |
| Other crime | 406 |
| Shoplifting | 215 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 173 |
| Burglary | 114 |
| Vehicle crime | 107 |
| Robbery | 58 |
| Drug offences | 44 |
| Theft from the person | 38 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Gateshead Town compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Gateshead Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gateshead Town at a rate of 257.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.2 per 1,000 people across Gateshead.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 230 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gateshead Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (600), anti-social behaviour (541) and other crime (406).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Gateshead
These figures are published for the whole of Gateshead, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Gateshead and not Gateshead Town alone. See Gateshead
Gateshead Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Gateshead Town was £155,000 in 2025.
Gateshead Town had 7,691 usual residents at the census.
About 64% of people in Gateshead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gateshead Town, 73.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.