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

Crime statistics for Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne

There were a total of 219 street level crime incidents in Gosforth in January 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 Gosforth, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime81
Anti Social Behaviour36
Shoplifting18
Criminal Damage Arson17
Other Theft16
Public Order15
Burglary12
Vehicle Crime12
Possession Of Weapons4
Drugs3
Other Crime2
Robbery2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime219

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Gosforth. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Gosforth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Spital Tongues (1.86 miles)679
Jesmond (1.75 miles)641
Blakelaw (1.75 miles)356
Kenton Bar (1.39 miles)321
Fawdon (0.62 miles)291
Kenton (0.88 miles)257
Kenton Bankfoot (1.86 miles)226
Gosforth219
Longbenton (1.86 miles)205
South Gosforth (0.88 miles)185

12.79%
of Fawdon & West Gosforth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Gosforth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Spital Tongues227
Jesmond133
Blakelaw125
Kenton Bar105
Fawdon101
Kenton91
Gosforth81
Kenton Bankfoot66
Longbenton56
South Gosforth44

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

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 Gosforth 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 Gosforth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gosforth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Gosforth is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Blakelaw85
2Wingrove71
3Denton & Westerhope68
4Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall66
5Kenton62
6Callerton & Throckley60
7Fawdon & West Gosforth59
8South Jesmond49
9North Jesmond45
10Gosforth42
11Dene & South Gosforth29

Which road in Gosforth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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