Crime Statistics for Dunston, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 165 street level crime incidents in Dunston 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 Dunston, 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	40
Shoplifting	35
Anti Social Behaviour	27
Other Theft	18
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Public Order	10
Vehicle Crime	6
Burglary	4
Robbery	3
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	165

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 Dunston. 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 Dunston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fenham (1.86 miles)	489
Bensham (1.24 miles)	376
Benwell (1.39 miles)	364
Teams (0.62 miles)	224
Dunston	165
Dunston Hill (0.62 miles)	95
Team Valley (1.75 miles)	80
Gateshead (1.75 miles)	80
Lobley Hill (1.39 miles)	59
Axwell Park (1.96 miles)	43

Where are the most violent places near Dunston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fenham	183
Bensham	135
Benwell	114
Teams	77
Dunston	40
Dunston Hill	30
Lobley Hill	24
Team Valley	22
Gateshead	22
Axwell Park	17

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

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 Dunston 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 Dunston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Saltwell	93
2	Elswick	88
3	Benwell & Scotswood	81
4	Monument	76
5	Arthur's Hill	75
6	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
7	Dunston and Teams	66
8	Blaydon	58
9	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
10	Whickham North	35
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Dunston has the highest level of crime?

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