So you are thinking of moving to Dunston in Tyne and Wear? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Dunston is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Dunston the land of milk and honey or are Gateshead, Low Fell and Newcastle upon Tyne a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Dunston
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Dunston. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Spital Tongues | 194 |
| Bensham | 169 |
| Saltwell | 146 |
| Benwell | 114 |
| Teams | 85 |
| Dunston | 68 |
| Dunston Hill | 50 |
| Team Valley | 39 |
| Gateshead | 39 |
| Lobley Hill | 26 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Dunston. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Dunston. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Dunston and Teams (Best) | 10843/32845 |
| Blaydon | 13487/32845 |
| Dunston Hill and Whickham East | 15681/32845 |
| Whickham North | 21032/32845 |
| Saltwell | 2255/32845 |
| Whickham South and Sunniside | 26326/32845 |
| Elswick | 3849/32845 |
| Monument | 7605/32845 |
| Arthur's Hill | 8085/32845 |
| Lobley Hill and Bensham (Worst) | 9175/32845 |
Hedworth or 'Badwaff' as the Jarrow locals call it
Your Health in Dunston
If you are thinking of moving to Dunston, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Dunston compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | 1.99% | 6.59% | 15.95% | 32.87% | 42.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1.55% | 5.28% | 13.57% | 31.8% | 47.8% |
| North Tyneside | 1.5% | 5.3% | 15.02% | 33.34% | 44.84% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Dunston. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Dunston. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Whickham North (Best) | 10336/32845 |
| Whickham South and Sunniside | 13695/32845 |
| Elswick | 1628/32845 |
| Dunston and Teams | 2655/32845 |
| Monument | 3977/32845 |
| Lobley Hill and Bensham | 4131/32845 |
| Arthur's Hill | 4486/32845 |
| Saltwell | 4729/32845 |
| Blaydon | 7424/32845 |
| Dunston Hill and Whickham East (Worst) | 8610/32845 |
The main industry in South Shields is shoplifting
Deprivation in Dunston
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Dunston. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Blaydon (Best) | 12871/32845 |
| Elswick | 1505/32845 |
| Dunston Hill and Whickham East | 15069/32845 |
| Whickham North | 20046/32845 |
| Whickham South and Sunniside | 25609/32845 |
| Saltwell | 6332/32845 |
| Dunston and Teams | 6358/32845 |
| Lobley Hill and Bensham | 7838/32845 |
| Arthur's Hill | 9138/32845 |
| Monument (Worst) | 9969/32845 |
