Crime Statistics for Saltwell, Gateshead, Gateshead, May 2019

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Saltwell using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so May 2019 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 447 street level crime incidents in Saltwell in May 2019. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Saltwell, 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	157
Anti Social Behaviour	103
Other Theft	44
Public Order	37
Vehicle Crime	26
Burglary	21
Drugs	16
Shoplifting	14
Other Crime	10
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Bicycle Theft	6
Robbery	3
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	447

Map of street level crime incidents in May 2019

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Saltwell. 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 Saltwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Carr Hill (0.62 miles)	488
Bensham (0.88 miles)	448
Saltwell	447
Felling (1.24 miles)	414
Sheriff Hill (0.88 miles)	332
Teams (1.39 miles)	246
Chowdene (1.24 miles)	150
Team Valley (0.88 miles)	92
Gateshead (0.88 miles)	92
Lobley Hill (1.39 miles)	56

Most violent places near Saltwell

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Carr Hill	166
Saltwell	157
Felling	144
Bensham	142
Sheriff Hill	104
Teams	86
Chowdene	45
Team Valley	30
Gateshead	30
Lobley Hill	19