Police recorded 5,837 violence and sexual offences offences in Gateshead in the 12 months to June 2026, down 20.6% (1,519) on the previous 12 months. That is 28.8 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 202,509
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
887 (partial)
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June 2012
1,162
5.8
2012
June 2013
1,164
5.8
2013
June 2014
1,525
7.6
2014
June 2015
2,063
10.2
2015
June 2016
3,885
19.3
2016
June 2017
5,356
26.7
2017
June 2018
6,940
34.7
2018
June 2019
7,309
36.8
2019
June 2020
7,126
36.1
2020
June 2021
7,562
38.5
2021
June 2022
7,666
38.7
2022
June 2023
7,925
39.6
2023
June 2024
7,602
37.7
2024
June 2025
7,356
36.3
2025
June 2026
5,837
28.8
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.