So you are thinking of moving to Tynemouth 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 Tynemouth 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 Tynemouth the land of milk and honey or are Cullercoats, North Shields and South Shields a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Tynemouth
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 Tynemouth. 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 |
|---|---|
| North Shields | 154 |
| South Shields | 147 |
| Chirton | 147 |
| Tynemouth | 131 |
| Billy Mill | 110 |
| Horsley Hill | 103 |
| Mill Dam | 86 |
| Marden | 70 |
| Monkseaton | 61 |
| Cullercoats | 37 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Tynemouth. 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 Tynemouth. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Whitley Bay (Best) | 11325/32845 |
| Tynemouth | 13405/32845 |
| Westoe | 15938/32845 |
| Preston | 16104/32845 |
| Horsley Hill | 16762/32845 |
| Cullercoats | 19714/32845 |
| Monkseaton South | 22095/32845 |
| Simonside and Rekendyke | 3426/32845 |
| Chirton | 3626/32845 |
| Beacon and Bents (Worst) | 3816/32845 |
Tynemouth - Pearly White False Teeth Mouth of the Tyne
Your Health in Tynemouth
If you are thinking of moving to Tynemouth, 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 Tynemouth 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 (Tynemouth) | 1.5% | 5.3% | 15.02% | 33.34% | 44.84% |
| South Tyneside | 1.91% | 6.34% | 16% | 32.99% | 42.76% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Tynemouth. 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 Tynemouth. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Preston (Best) | 12873/32845 |
| Whitley Bay | 12893/32845 |
| Tynemouth | 13340/32845 |
| Monkseaton South | 15769/32845 |
| Cullercoats | 16403/32845 |
| Simonside and Rekendyke | 1942/32845 |
| Beacon and Bents | 3115/32845 |
| Chirton | 3609/32845 |
| Horsley Hill | 7636/32845 |
| Westoe (Worst) | 9731/32845 |
Dartford: once a thriving market town, now in decline
Deprivation in Tynemouth
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 Tynemouth. 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 |
|---|---|
| Horsley Hill (Best) | 13517/32845 |
| Westoe | 17691/32845 |
| Tynemouth | 18782/32845 |
| Whitley Bay | 19446/32845 |
| Preston | 20173/32845 |
| Monkseaton South | 22485/32845 |
| Cullercoats | 23698/32845 |
| Simonside and Rekendyke | 2682/32845 |
| Chirton | 3845/32845 |
| Beacon and Bents (Worst) | 4415/32845 |
