Crime Statistics for Birtley, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Birtley in September 2024. There were a total of 83 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Birtley, 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	27
Shoplifting	17
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Other Theft	10
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	2
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	83

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 Birtley. 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 Birtley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Albany (1.39 miles)	302
Springwell (1.39 miles)	257
Portobello (0.88 miles)	235
Lambton (1.39 miles)	226
Blackfell (1.24 miles)	194
Harlow Green (1.39 miles)	127
Low Eighton (0.88 miles)	117
Ayton (0.88 miles)	94
Birtley	83
Barley Mow (1.24 miles)	61

Where are the most violent places near Birtley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Albany	95
Springwell	86
Lambton	80
Blackfell	72
Portobello	58
Low Eighton	36
Harlow Green	34
Ayton	30
Birtley	27
Barley Mow	19

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

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 Birtley 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 Birtley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Birtley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Birtley is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chowdene	68
2	Pelton	66
3	Lamesley	64
4	Birtley	63
5	Low Fell	57
6	Chester-le-Street East	52
7	Chester-le-Street North	50
8	Washington Central	42
9	Washington West	40
10	Washington South	32
11	North Lodge	30

Which road in Birtley has the highest level of crime?

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