Crime Statistics for Lamesley, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Lamesley 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 Lamesley, 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	18
Shoplifting	11
Other Theft	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Public Order	4
Drugs	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	52

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 Lamesley. 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 Lamesley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sheriff Hill (1.39 miles)	243
Beacon Lough (1.39 miles)	185
Chowdene (0.62 miles)	103
Harlow Green (0.62 miles)	99
Team Valley (1.39 miles)	95
Gateshead (1.39 miles)	95
Low Eighton (0.88 miles)	70
Lamesley	52
Lady Park (0.62 miles)	21
Kibblesworth (1.39 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Lamesley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sheriff Hill	95
Beacon Lough	68
Harlow Green	42
Chowdene	33
Low Eighton	31
Team Valley	27
Gateshead	27
Lamesley	18
Kibblesworth	5
Lady Park	4

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

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 Lamesley 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 Lamesley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Saltwell	93
2	High Fell	77
3	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
4	Chowdene	68
5	Pelton	66
6	Lamesley	64
7	Birtley	63
8	Low Fell	57
9	Washington West	40
10	Washington South	32
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Lamesley has the highest level of crime?

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