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

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Mason in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Mason, 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	3
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Crime	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	6

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 Mason. 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 Mason

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fawdon (3.34 miles)	259
Kenton Bankfoot (3.1 miles)	211
Beaconhill (3.61 miles)	76
Brunswick Village (1.96 miles)	68
Ponteland (2.48 miles)	48
Black Callerton (3.1 miles)	7
Mason	6
Brenkley (1.39 miles)	3
High Callerton (3.1 miles)	2
Callerton Lane End (3.51 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Mason?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fawdon	77
Kenton Bankfoot	66
Beaconhill	27
Ponteland	25
Brunswick Village	13
Mason	3
Black Callerton	2
Brenkley	2
High Callerton	2
Callerton Lane End	0

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

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 Mason 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 Mason compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakelaw	85
2	Denton & Westerhope	68
3	Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall	66
4	Kenton	62
5	Callerton & Throckley	60
6	Fawdon & West Gosforth	59
7	Castle	47
8	Weetslade	35
9	Ponteland East and Stannington	30
10	Chapel	28
11	Ponteland North	19

Which road in Mason has the highest level of crime?

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