Crime Statistics for Felling Shore, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Felling Shore in September 2024. There were a total of 865 incidents. 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 Felling Shore, 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	219
Anti Social Behaviour	196
Public Order	98
Other Theft	76
Criminal Damage Arson	72
Shoplifting	42
Burglary	40
Vehicle Crime	39
Other Crime	27
Drugs	24
Theft From The Person	12
Possession Of Weapons	10
Bicycle Theft	8
Robbery	2
All Crime	865

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Felling Shore. 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 Felling Shore

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne (1.39 miles)	1140
Felling Shore	839
St Peter’s	796
Byker (0.62 miles)	649
Felling (1.24 miles)	477
Carr Hill (1.39 miles)	437
Old Fold (0.62 miles)	376
Heworth (1.39 miles)	311
Pelaw (0.88 miles)	292
Bill Quay (1.39 miles)	237

Where are the most violent places near Felling Shore?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne	372
St Peter’s	259
Felling Shore	219
Byker	166
Felling	161
Carr Hill	146
Old Fold	108
Pelaw	104
Heworth	100
Bill Quay	71

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

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 Felling Shore 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 Felling Shore compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Felling Shore and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Felling Shore is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Byker	95
2	Deckham	93
3	Walker	93
4	Saltwell	93
5	Felling	91
6	Bridges	90
7	High Fell	77
8	Monument	76
9	Ouseburn	67
10	Heaton	62
11	Pelaw and Heworth	56

Which road in Felling Shore has the highest level of crime?

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