Crime Statistics for Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2024

There were a total of 637 street level crime incidents in Jesmond in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Jesmond, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	145
Anti Social Behaviour	141
Shoplifting	122
Other Theft	47
Public Order	38
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Drugs	32
Vehicle Crime	27
Burglary	14
Bicycle Theft	12
Theft From The Person	12
Other Crime	5
Robbery	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	637

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Jesmond. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Jesmond

We've taken the ten nearest places to Jesmond and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Jesmond has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne (1.24 miles)	1427
Spital Tongues (1.39 miles)	678
Jesmond	637
Byker (1.75 miles)	581
Fenham (1.96 miles)	495
Heaton (1.24 miles)	468
Kenton (1.96 miles)	285
Gosforth (1.75 miles)	227
Longbenton (1.39 miles)	202
South Gosforth (0.88 miles)	185

Where are the most violent places near Jesmond?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Jesmond and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne	416
Spital Tongues	241
Fenham	191
Byker	186
Jesmond	145
Heaton	125
Kenton	89
Gosforth	75
Longbenton	62
South Gosforth	44

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Jesmond?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Jesmond to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Jesmond compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Jesmond and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Jesmond is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Byker	95
2	Monument	76
3	Arthur's Hill	75
4	Wingrove	71
5	Ouseburn	67
6	Heaton	62
7	South Jesmond	49
8	North Jesmond	45
9	Gosforth	42
10	Dene & South Gosforth	29
11	Manor Park	26

Which road in Jesmond has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Jesmond with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Jesmond Gardens.