Crime Statistics for Axwell Park, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 43 street level crime incidents in Axwell Park in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Axwell Park, 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	17
Other Theft	11
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Shoplifting	3
Public Order	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	43

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 Axwell Park. 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 Axwell Park

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bell’s Close (1.86 miles)	205
Dunston (1.96 miles)	165
Path Head (1.75 miles)	126
Blaydon Haughs (1.24 miles)	115
Dunston Hill (1.86 miles)	95
Blaydon (1.39 miles)	87
Blaydon Burn (1.96 miles)	54
Axwell Park	43
Street Gate (1.75 miles)	37
Fellside (0.62 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Axwell Park?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bell’s Close	60
Path Head	45
Dunston	40
Blaydon Haughs	38
Blaydon	32
Dunston Hill	30
Axwell Park	17
Blaydon Burn	16
Street Gate	14
Fellside	5

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

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 Axwell Park 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 Axwell Park compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Axwell Park and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Axwell Park have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Elswick.

#	Ward	Score
1	Elswick	88
2	Benwell & Scotswood	81
3	West Fenham	78
4	Lemington	67
5	Dunston and Teams	66
6	Blaydon	58
7	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
8	Ryton, Crookhill and Stella	41
9	Crawcrook and Greenside	36
10	Whickham North	35
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Axwell Park has the highest level of crime?

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