Crime Statistics for Killingworth, North Tyneside, North Tyneside, 2024

There were a total of 157 street level crime incidents in Killingworth in February 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 Killingworth, 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	53
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Vehicle Crime	12
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Shoplifting	11
Public Order	8
Other Theft	6
Other Crime	5
Robbery	2
Burglary	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	157

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 Killingworth. 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 Killingworth

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Killingworth Moor (0.88 miles)	172
Killingworth Village (0.88 miles)	172
Forest Hall (1.24 miles)	157
Killingworth	157
Palmersville (1.39 miles)	125
Burradon (0.62 miles)	119
Camperdown (0.62 miles)	119
Fordley (1.39 miles)	72
Dudley (1.39 miles)	72
Backworth (1.96 miles)	71

Where are the most violent places near Killingworth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Killingworth Moor	60
Killingworth Village	60
Killingworth	53
Forest Hall	52
Burradon	39
Camperdown	39
Palmersville	37
Fordley	27
Dudley	27
Backworth	15

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

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 Killingworth 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 Killingworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Killingworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Killingworth is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Holywell	59
2	Battle Hill	55
3	Valley	55
4	Benton	55
5	Northumberland	52
6	Longbenton	47
7	Killingworth	41
8	Camperdown	40
9	Parklands	38
10	Weetslade	35
11	Dene & South Gosforth	29

Which road in Killingworth has the highest level of crime?

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