Crime Statistics for Gateshead, , 2024

There were a total of 95 street level crime incidents in Gateshead in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Drugs.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Gateshead, 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	27
Drugs	19
Shoplifting	13
Other Theft	9
Public Order	5
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Burglary	4
Other Crime	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	95

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 Gateshead. 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 Gateshead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Carr Hill (1.39 miles)	382
Bensham (1.24 miles)	376
Saltwell (0.88 miles)	345
Sheriff Hill (1.24 miles)	243
Chowdene (0.88 miles)	103
Team Valley	95
Dunston Hill (1.39 miles)	95
Gateshead	95
Lobley Hill (0.62 miles)	43
Lady Park (1.24 miles)	21

Where are the most violent places near Gateshead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Carr Hill	142
Bensham	135
Saltwell	115
Sheriff Hill	95
Chowdene	33
Dunston Hill	30
Team Valley	27
Gateshead	27
Lobley Hill	18
Lady Park	4

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

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 Gateshead 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 Gateshead compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Saltwell	93
3	Elswick	88
4	High Fell	77
5	Monument	76
6	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
7	Chowdene	68
8	Dunston and Teams	66
9	Low Fell	57
10	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Gateshead has the highest level of crime?

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