Crime Statistics for Bensham, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bensham in October 2024. There were a total of 664 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 Bensham, 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	227
Anti Social Behaviour	117
Other Theft	56
Public Order	54
Criminal Damage Arson	50
Burglary	40
Vehicle Crime	34
Drugs	22
Possession Of Weapons	18
Shoplifting	16
Other Crime	14
Robbery	8
Theft From The Person	8
All Crime	664

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne (1.39 miles)	1413
Bensham	635
Carr Hill (1.39 miles)	407
Saltwell (0.88 miles)	343
Dunston (1.24 miles)	283
Teams (0.62 miles)	190
Dunston Hill (1.39 miles)	163
Team Valley (1.24 miles)	106
Gateshead (1.24 miles)	106
Lobley Hill (1.39 miles)	55

Where are the most violent places near Bensham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne	409
Bensham	227
Carr Hill	164
Saltwell	160
Dunston	105
Teams	99
Dunston Hill	60
Team Valley	34
Gateshead	34
Lobley Hill	18

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

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 Bensham 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 Bensham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Saltwell	93
2	Elswick	88
3	High Fell	77
4	Monument	76
5	Arthur's Hill	75
6	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
7	Ouseburn	67
8	Dunston and Teams	66
9	Low Fell	57
10	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Bensham has the highest level of crime?

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