Crime Statistics for Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2024

There were a total of 364 street level crime incidents in Benwell 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 Benwell, 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	114
Anti Social Behaviour	53
Shoplifting	41
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Public Order	29
Other Theft	28
Drugs	20
Burglary	19
Vehicle Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	5
Bicycle Theft	4
Robbery	4
Other Crime	3
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	364

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 Benwell. 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 Benwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Spital Tongues (1.39 miles)	678
Fenham (0.88 miles)	495
Blakelaw (1.24 miles)	370
Benwell	364
Kenton Bar (1.86 miles)	352
Newbiggin Hall Estate (1.96 miles)	285
Bell’s Close (1.24 miles)	205
Teams (1.75 miles)	172
Dunston (1.39 miles)	165
Blaydon Haughs (1.39 miles)	115

Where are the most violent places near Benwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Spital Tongues	241
Fenham	191
Kenton Bar	122
Blakelaw	118
Benwell	114
Newbiggin Hall Estate	107
Bell’s Close	60
Teams	57
Dunston	40
Blaydon Haughs	38

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

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 Benwell 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 Benwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Benwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Benwell is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Elswick	88
2	Blakelaw	85
3	Benwell & Scotswood	81
4	West Fenham	78
5	Arthur's Hill	75
6	Wingrove	71
7	Lemington	67
8	Dunston and Teams	66
9	Blaydon	58
10	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
11	Whickham North	35

Which road in Benwell has the highest level of crime?

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