# Crawcrook and Greenside

Town in Gateshead, North East.

Crawcrook and Greenside is a town in Gateshead, North East. Median sale price £170,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 48.6 per 1,000 people. About 7,606 people.

Town. Code E63000100. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead)

Crawcrook and Greenside is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Crawcrook and Greenside add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £170,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Crawcrook and Greenside was £170,000 in 2025. Joint 108th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crawcrook-and-greenside#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,544** (2021). Crawcrook and Greenside had 7,544 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 6th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crawcrook-and-greenside#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in Crawcrook and Greenside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crawcrook-and-greenside#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.3%** (January 2026). In Crawcrook and Greenside, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crawcrook-and-greenside#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000100) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in Crawcrook and Greenside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000100) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 137 homes were sold in Crawcrook and Greenside in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000100) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Crawcrook and Greenside.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000100) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Crawcrook and Greenside had 7,544 usual residents at the census.

## How Crawcrook and Greenside compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Crawcrook and Greenside | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £170,000 | joint 24th most expensive | 60 towns, North East · 2025 |
| Population | 7,544 | least populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | joint 16th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.3% | 29th highest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Crawcrook and Greenside safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Crawcrook and Greenside at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Crawcrook and Greenside.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (139), other crime (81) and anti-social behaviour (66).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Crawcrook and Greenside was 50.5 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Crawcrook and Greenside, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Crawcrook and Greenside has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Crawcrook and Greenside

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Gateshead 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008195) | 1,986 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| [Gateshead 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008197) | 1,710 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
| [Gateshead 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008198) | 1,647 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| [Gateshead 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008199) | 1,315 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |

## Your MP

- [Blaydon and Consett](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaydon-and-consett): Liz Twist (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead)

## Postcode districts covering Crawcrook and Greenside

[NE40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne40)

## Middle areas in Crawcrook and Greenside

[Crawcrook & Greenside](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/crawcrook-and-greenside)

## Towns near Crawcrook and Greenside

[Ryton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ryton), [Blaydon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaydon), [Prudhoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prudhoe), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Whickham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham), [Ponteland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ponteland)

## Crawcrook and Greenside in brief

Crawcrook and Greenside is a town in Gateshead, North East.
About 7,606 people lived in Crawcrook and Greenside in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 137 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Crawcrook and Greenside was £170,000 in 2025.
Crawcrook and Greenside had 7,544 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in Crawcrook and Greenside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Crawcrook and Greenside, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000100
- Constituency: [Blaydon and Consett †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaydon-and-consett)
- Council: [Gateshead †](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead)
- Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 1.57 km²
- People, mid-2024: 7,606*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 26

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Ryton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ryton), [Blaydon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaydon), [Prudhoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prudhoe), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Whickham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham), [Ponteland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ponteland)

## Latest updates for Crawcrook and Greenside

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000100

## How to cite

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