Crime Statistics for Wallsend, North Tyneside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2024

Crime statistics for Wallsend, North Tyneside

There were a total of 325 street level crime incidents in Wallsend 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 Wallsend, 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 Crime127
Anti Social Behaviour56
Criminal Damage Arson35
Public Order18
Shoplifting17
Vehicle Crime16
Burglary16
Other Theft16
Drugs6
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons4
Bicycle Theft3
Robbery3
Theft From The Person2
All Crime325

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 Wallsend. 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 Wallsend

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Byker (1.75 miles)503
Felling Shore (2.24 miles)470
Heaton (1.24 miles)410
Holy Cross (1.39 miles)354
Wallsend325
Hebburn (1.75 miles)287
Hebburn New Town (1.39 miles)285
Hebburn Colliery (1.39 miles)263
Battle Hill (1.39 miles)242
Longbenton (2.24 miles)205

9.28%
of Wallsend residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Wallsend?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Byker169
Felling Shore159
Holy Cross137
Wallsend127
Heaton104
Battle Hill94
Hebburn83
Hebburn New Town81
Hebburn Colliery80
Longbenton56

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

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 Wallsend 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 Wallsend compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Byker95
2Walker93
3Wallsend91
4Walkergate79
5Heaton62
6Hebburn North61
7Hebburn South60
8Battle Hill55
9Benton55
10Northumberland52
11Manor Park26

Which road in Wallsend has the highest level of crime?

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

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