Crime Statistics for Beacon Lough, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 185 street level crime incidents in Beacon Lough 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 Beacon Lough, 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	68
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Public Order	19
Shoplifting	16
Other Theft	13
Other Crime	6
Burglary	5
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	185

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 Beacon Lough. 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 Beacon Lough

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Carr Hill (1.39 miles)	382
Felling (1.24 miles)	328
Sheriff Hill (0.88 miles)	223
Beacon Lough	185
Donwell (1.39 miles)	113
Chowdene (1.24 miles)	103
Springwell (0.88 miles)	101
Harlow Green (0.88 miles)	96
Low Eighton (1.39 miles)	86
Lamesley (1.39 miles)	48

Where are the most violent places near Beacon Lough?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Carr Hill	142
Felling	113
Sheriff Hill	97
Beacon Lough	68
Donwell	42
Harlow Green	39
Chowdene	33
Low Eighton	33
Springwell	32
Lamesley	22

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

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 Beacon Lough 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 Beacon Lough compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Saltwell	93
3	Felling	91
4	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
5	High Fell	77
6	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
7	Chowdene	68
8	Lamesley	64
9	Low Fell	57
10	Washington West	40
11	Washington South	32

Which road in Beacon Lough has the highest level of crime?

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