Mount Pleasant & Deckham East
Middle areaEast Gateshead. 6,419 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East at a rate of 76.6 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 | 198 |
| Other crime | 90 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 74 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 58 |
| Vehicle crime | 23 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Shoplifting | 10 |
| Drug offences | 8 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Mount Pleasant & Deckham East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Mount Pleasant & Deckham East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East at a rate of 76.6 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, 41 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (198), other crime (90) and anti-social behaviour (74).
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 Mount Pleasant & Deckham East alone. See Gateshead
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East was £137,000 in 2025.
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East had 6,313 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Mount Pleasant & Deckham East, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.