Crime Statistics for Heworth, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

Crime statistics for Heworth, Gateshead

There were a total of 307 street level crime incidents in Heworth 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 Heworth, 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 Crime106
Anti Social Behaviour53
Criminal Damage Arson38
Public Order30
Other Theft16
Vehicle Crime14
Drugs13
Burglary10
Shoplifting10
Other Crime9
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery2
Theft From The Person2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime307

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 Heworth. 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 Heworth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Felling Shore (1.39 miles)470
St Peter’s (1.39 miles)470
Carr Hill (1.24 miles)392
Old Fold (0.88 miles)330
Felling (0.62 miles)328
Heworth307
Pelaw (0.62 miles)297
Bill Quay (0.88 miles)242
Sheriff Hill (1.39 miles)223
Wardley (0.62 miles)201

4.03%
of Windy Nook and Whitehills residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Heworth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Felling Shore159
St Peter’s159
Carr Hill139
Felling113
Old Fold109
Heworth106
Sheriff Hill97
Pelaw91
Bill Quay81
Wardley75

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

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 Heworth 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 Heworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Heworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Heworth is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Deckham93
2Walker93
3Saltwell93
4Felling91
5Bridges90
6Windy Nook and Whitehills81
7High Fell77
8Chowdene68
9Low Fell57
10Pelaw and Heworth56
11Wardley and Leam Lane50

Which road in Heworth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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