Crime Statistics for Chowdene, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 103 street level crime incidents in Chowdene in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chowdene, 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	33
Shoplifting	19
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	9
Public Order	8
Drugs	5
Burglary	5
Vehicle Crime	3
All Crime	103

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 Chowdene. 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 Chowdene

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Saltwell (1.24 miles)	345
Sheriff Hill (0.88 miles)	243
Beacon Lough (1.24 miles)	185
Chowdene	103
Harlow Green (0.88 miles)	99
Team Valley (0.88 miles)	95
Gateshead (0.88 miles)	95
Lamesley (0.62 miles)	52
Lobley Hill (1.39 miles)	43
Lady Park (0.88 miles)	21

Where are the most violent places near Chowdene?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Saltwell	115
Sheriff Hill	95
Beacon Lough	68
Harlow Green	42
Chowdene	33
Team Valley	27
Gateshead	27
Lamesley	18
Lobley Hill	18
Lady Park	4

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

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 Chowdene 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 Chowdene compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chowdene and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chowdene is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Saltwell	93
3	High Fell	77
4	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
5	Chowdene	68
6	Lamesley	64
7	Birtley	63
8	Low Fell	57
9	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
10	Washington South	32
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Chowdene has the highest level of crime?

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