Crime Statistics for Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 243 street level crime incidents in Sheriff Hill in February 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 Sheriff Hill, 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	95
Anti Social Behaviour	35
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Other Theft	18
Public Order	16
Shoplifting	16
Drugs	14
Burglary	9
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	243

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 Sheriff Hill. 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 Sheriff Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Carr Hill (0.62 miles)	382
Saltwell (0.88 miles)	345
Felling (0.88 miles)	325
Heworth (1.39 miles)	279
Sheriff Hill	243
Beacon Lough (0.88 miles)	185
Chowdene (0.88 miles)	103
Harlow Green (1.24 miles)	99
Team Valley (1.24 miles)	95
Gateshead (1.24 miles)	95

Where are the most violent places near Sheriff Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Carr Hill	142
Felling	123
Saltwell	115
Heworth	103
Sheriff Hill	95
Beacon Lough	68
Harlow Green	42
Chowdene	33
Team Valley	27
Gateshead	27

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

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 Sheriff Hill 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 Sheriff Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Saltwell	93
3	Felling	91
4	Bridges	90
5	Elswick	88
6	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
7	High Fell	77
8	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
9	Chowdene	68
10	Low Fell	57
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Sheriff Hill has the highest level of crime?

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