Crime Statistics for Springwell, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 128 street level crime incidents in Springwell 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 Springwell, 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	48
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Shoplifting	16
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Public Order	11
Other Theft	10
Other Crime	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Burglary	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	128

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 Springwell. 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 Springwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Concord (1.39 miles)	270
Washington Village (1.75 miles)	258
Blackfell (1.39 miles)	233
Albany (0.88 miles)	217
Beacon Lough (0.88 miles)	185
Springwell	128
Donwell (0.62 miles)	113
Harlow Green (1.24 miles)	99
Birtley (1.39 miles)	71
Low Eighton (1.39 miles)	70

Where are the most violent places near Springwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Concord	87
Washington Village	77
Beacon Lough	68
Blackfell	63
Albany	61
Springwell	48
Donwell	42
Harlow Green	42
Low Eighton	31
Birtley	29

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

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 Springwell 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 Springwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
3	High Fell	77
4	Chowdene	68
5	Pelton	66
6	Lamesley	64
7	Birtley	63
8	Low Fell	57
9	Washington Central	42
10	Washington West	40
11	Washington South	32

Which road in Springwell has the highest level of crime?

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