Crime Statistics for Bill Quay, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

Crime statistics for Bill Quay, Gateshead

There were a total of 242 street level crime incidents in Bill Quay in January 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 Bill Quay, 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 Crime81
Anti Social Behaviour50
Criminal Damage Arson22
Public Order20
Vehicle Crime16
Other Theft15
Shoplifting10
Drugs10
Burglary9
Other Crime3
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime242

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 Bill Quay. 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 Bill Quay

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Byker (1.75 miles)503
Felling Shore (1.39 miles)470
St Peter’s (1.39 miles)470
Old Fold (1.24 miles)330
Felling (1.39 miles)328
Heworth (0.88 miles)307
Pelaw (0.62 miles)297
Hebburn New Town (1.39 miles)285
Bill Quay242
Wardley (0.62 miles)201

4.93%
of Pelaw and Heworth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bill Quay?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Byker169
Felling Shore159
St Peter’s159
Felling113
Old Fold109
Heworth106
Pelaw91
Hebburn New Town81
Bill Quay81
Wardley75

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

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 Bill Quay 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 Bill Quay compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bill Quay and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bill Quay is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Deckham93
2Walker93
3Felling91
4Bridges90
5Windy Nook and Whitehills81
6High Fell77
7Hebburn North61
8Hebburn South60
9Pelaw and Heworth56
10Fellgate and Hedworth55
11Wardley and Leam Lane50

Which road in Bill Quay has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bill Quay 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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