Crime Statistics for Kenton Bar, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2024

Crime statistics for Kenton Bar, Newcastle upon Tyne

There were a total of 321 street level crime incidents in Kenton Bar 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 Kenton Bar, 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 Crime105
Anti Social Behaviour64
Criminal Damage Arson38
Shoplifting34
Other Theft25
Public Order17
Vehicle Crime16
Drugs6
Burglary6
Possession Of Weapons3
Other Crime3
Robbery3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime321

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 Kenton Bar. 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 Kenton Bar

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Spital Tongues (1.75 miles)679
Fenham (1.39 miles)489
Blakelaw (0.62 miles)356
Kenton Bar321
Newbiggin Hall Estate (0.62 miles)316
Fawdon (0.88 miles)291
Kenton (0.62 miles)257
Kenton Bankfoot (0.88 miles)226
Gosforth (1.39 miles)219
South Gosforth (1.86 miles)185

18.02%
of Blakelaw residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Kenton Bar?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Spital Tongues227
Fenham183
Blakelaw125
Kenton Bar105
Newbiggin Hall Estate101
Fawdon101
Kenton91
Gosforth81
Kenton Bankfoot66
South Gosforth44

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

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 Kenton Bar 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 Kenton Bar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Kenton Bar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Kenton Bar have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Gosforth.

#WardScore
1Blakelaw85
2Benwell & Scotswood81
3West Fenham78
4Wingrove71
5Denton & Westerhope68
6Lemington67
7Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall66
8Kenton62
9Callerton & Throckley60
10Fawdon & West Gosforth59
11Gosforth42

Which road in Kenton Bar has the highest level of crime?

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

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