Crime Statistics for Blaydon, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 87 street level crime incidents in Blaydon 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 Blaydon, 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	32
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Shoplifting	10
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Public Order	7
Other Theft	7
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	2
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	87

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 Blaydon. 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 Blaydon

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bell’s Close (1.75 miles)	205
Blaydon Haughs (1.39 miles)	115
Tyne (1.69 miles)	87
Blaydon	87
Ryton (1.75 miles)	72
Crookhill (1.39 miles)	69
Path Head (0.62 miles)	64
Blaydon Burn (0.62 miles)	54
Axwell Park (1.39 miles)	43
Barlow (1.75 miles)	19

Where are the most violent places near Blaydon?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bell’s Close	60
Blaydon Haughs	38
Blaydon	32
Tyne	27
Path Head	27
Axwell Park	17
Blaydon Burn	16
Barlow	14
Ryton	13
Crookhill	13

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

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 Blaydon 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 Blaydon compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blaydon and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Blaydon is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Benwell & Scotswood	81
2	West Fenham	78
3	Denton & Westerhope	68
4	Lemington	67
5	Blaydon	58
6	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
7	Winlaton and High Spen	48
8	Ryton, Crookhill and Stella	41
9	Crawcrook and Greenside	36
10	Whickham North	35
11	Chapel	28

Which road in Blaydon has the highest level of crime?

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