Crime Statistics for Old Fold, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 379 street level crime incidents in Old Fold in March 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 Old Fold, 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	131
Anti Social Behaviour	68
Public Order	34
Criminal Damage Arson	31
Shoplifting	31
Other Theft	21
Drugs	18
Vehicle Crime	13
Burglary	11
Other Crime	8
Theft From The Person	5
Robbery	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	379

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Old Fold. 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 Old Fold

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Byker (1.24 miles)	659
Felling Shore (0.62 miles)	521
St Peter’s (0.62 miles)	521
Carr Hill (0.88 miles)	426
Old Fold	379
Felling (0.62 miles)	367
Heworth (0.88 miles)	312
Pelaw (0.62 miles)	309
Bill Quay (1.24 miles)	249
Wardley (1.39 miles)	199

Where are the most violent places near Old Fold?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Byker	216
Felling Shore	171
St Peter’s	171
Carr Hill	149
Old Fold	131
Felling	131
Heworth	107
Pelaw	99
Bill Quay	88
Wardley	73

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

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 Old Fold 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 Old Fold compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Old Fold and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Old Fold is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Byker	95
2	Deckham	93
3	Walker	93
4	Saltwell	93
5	Felling	91
6	Bridges	90
7	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
8	High Fell	77
9	Ouseburn	67
10	Low Fell	57
11	Pelaw and Heworth	56

Which road in Old Fold has the highest level of crime?

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