Crime Statistics for Monkseaton, North Tyneside, North Tyneside, 2024

There were a total of 139 street level crime incidents in Monkseaton 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 Monkseaton, 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	46
Anti Social Behaviour	38
Shoplifting	16
Other Theft	10
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	3
Burglary	3
Drugs	3
Theft From The Person	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	139

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 Monkseaton. 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 Monkseaton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Chirton (2.48 miles)	366
Tynemouth (1.96 miles)	351
Billy Mill (1.96 miles)	232
Cullercoats (1.75 miles)	155
Marden (1.39 miles)	153
Monkseaton	139
Shiremoor (1.96 miles)	123
Earsdon (1.24 miles)	88
Backworth (2.48 miles)	71
Holywell (2.24 miles)	44

Where are the most violent places near Monkseaton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tynemouth	127
Chirton	112
Billy Mill	93
Marden	48
Cullercoats	46
Monkseaton	46
Shiremoor	33
Earsdon	29
Backworth	15
Holywell	14

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

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 Monkseaton 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 Monkseaton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Monkseaton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Monkseaton is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chirton	88
2	Whitley Bay	65
3	Holywell	59
4	Tynemouth	59
5	Valley	55
6	Collingwood	51
7	Preston	50
8	Cullercoats	39
9	Monkseaton South	32
10	Monkseaton North	25
11	St Mary's	18

Which road in Monkseaton has the highest level of crime?

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