Crime Statistics for Backworth, North Tyneside, North Tyneside, 2024

There were a total of 71 street level crime incidents in Backworth in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	16
Violent Crime	15
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Other Theft	4
Burglary	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	71

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 Backworth. 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 Backworth

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Killingworth Moor (1.75 miles)	171
Killingworth Village (1.75 miles)	171
Killingworth (1.96 miles)	141
Palmersville (1.39 miles)	118
Shiremoor (0.88 miles)	112
Earsdon (1.24 miles)	100
Burradon (1.86 miles)	98
Camperdown (1.86 miles)	98
Backworth	71
Holywell (1.39 miles)	59

Where are the most violent places near Backworth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Killingworth Moor	52
Killingworth Village	52
Killingworth	38
Earsdon	38
Shiremoor	34
Palmersville	29
Burradon	26
Camperdown	26
Holywell	18
Backworth	15

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

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 Backworth 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 Backworth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Holywell	59
2	Battle Hill	55
3	Valley	55
4	Benton	55
5	Northumberland	52
6	Collingwood	51
7	Longbenton	47
8	Killingworth	41
9	Camperdown	40
10	Weetslade	35
11	St Mary's	18

Which road in Backworth has the highest level of crime?

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