Crime Statistics for Harlow Green, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

Crime statistics for Harlow Green, Gateshead

There were a total of 96 street level crime incidents in Harlow Green 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 Harlow Green, 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 Crime39
Anti Social Behaviour15
Other Theft7
Public Order7
Vehicle Crime6
Burglary5
Drugs5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Shoplifting5
Other Crime2
All Crime96

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 Harlow Green. 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 Harlow Green

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Sheriff Hill (1.24 miles)223
Beacon Lough (0.88 miles)193
Chowdene (0.88 miles)115
Springwell (1.24 miles)101
Harlow Green96
Low Eighton (0.62 miles)86
Birtley (1.39 miles)83
Lamesley (0.62 miles)48
Lady Park (1.24 miles)15
Kibblesworth (1.75 miles)6

4.36%
of Chowdene residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Harlow Green?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Sheriff Hill97
Beacon Lough89
Chowdene44
Harlow Green39
Low Eighton33
Springwell32
Birtley30
Lamesley22
Lady Park3
Kibblesworth3

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

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 Harlow Green 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 Harlow Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Harlow Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Harlow Green is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Saltwell93
2High Fell77
3Lobley Hill and Bensham71
4Chowdene68
5Pelton66
6Lamesley64
7Birtley63
8Low Fell57
9Washington West40
10Washington South32
11Whickham South and Sunniside19

Which road in Harlow Green has the highest level of crime?

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