Crime Statistics for Wardley, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

There were a total of 176 street level crime incidents in Wardley 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 Wardley, 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	60
Anti Social Behaviour	33
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Public Order	14
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Theft	13
Burglary	7
Shoplifting	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	176

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 Wardley. 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 Wardley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Felling Shore (1.75 miles)	439
St Peter’s (1.75 miles)	439
Carr Hill (1.86 miles)	382
Old Fold (1.39 miles)	330
Felling (1.24 miles)	325
Pelaw (0.88 miles)	280
Heworth (0.62 miles)	279
Bill Quay (0.62 miles)	208
Beacon Lough (1.75 miles)	185
Wardley	176

Where are the most violent places near Wardley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Felling Shore	149
St Peter’s	149
Carr Hill	142
Old Fold	127
Felling	123
Heworth	103
Pelaw	98
Beacon Lough	68
Bill Quay	67
Wardley	60

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

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 Wardley 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 Wardley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Wardley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Wardley is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Walker	93
3	Felling	91
4	Bridges	90
5	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
6	High Fell	77
7	Hebburn South	60
8	Low Fell	57
9	Pelaw and Heworth	56
10	Fellgate and Hedworth	55
11	Wardley and Leam Lane	50

Which road in Wardley has the highest level of crime?

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