Crime Statistics for Bell’s Close, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

Crime statistics for Bell’s Close, Gateshead

There were a total of 170 street level crime incidents in Bell’s Close in January 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 Bell’s Close, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime64
Other Theft21
Anti Social Behaviour20
Shoplifting16
Criminal Damage Arson13
Public Order11
Burglary8
Vehicle Crime7
Other Crime6
Bicycle Theft2
Drugs1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime170

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Bell’s Close

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fenham (1.96 miles)489
Benwell (1.24 miles)392
Blakelaw (1.75 miles)356
Bell’s Close170
Newburn (1.39 miles)95
Blaydon Haughs (0.62 miles)88
Tyne (1.49 miles)87
Path Head (1.39 miles)64
Blaydon (1.75 miles)52
Axwell Park (1.86 miles)48

3.36%
of Blaydon residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bell’s Close?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Fenham183
Benwell131
Blakelaw125
Bell’s Close64
Newburn39
Blaydon Haughs33
Tyne27
Path Head27
Blaydon26
Axwell Park21

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bell’s Close?

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 Bell’s Close 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 Bell’s Close compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bell’s Close and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bell’s Close is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Blakelaw85
2Benwell & Scotswood81
3West Fenham78
4Denton & Westerhope68
5Lemington67
6Blaydon58
7Dunston Hill and Whickham East52
8Ryton, Crookhill and Stella41
9Crawcrook and Greenside36
10Whickham North35
11Chapel28

Which road in Bell’s Close has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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