Crime Statistics for Chopwell, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Chopwell in August 2024. There were a total of 87 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour24
Violent Crime21
Criminal Damage Arson8
Shoplifting6
Drugs6
Other Crime6
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary4
Public Order3
Possession Of Weapons2
Other Theft2
Robbery1
All Crime87

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chopwell81
Leadgate (0.62 miles)43
Hooker Gate (1.96 miles)27
Hamsterley (1.24 miles)19
Highfield (1.86 miles)17
Blackhall Mill (1.24 miles)8
Coalburns (1.96 miles)8
Ebchester (1.96 miles)3
Newlands (1.96 miles)3
Lintzford (1.96 miles)2

3.96%
of Chopwell and Rowlands Gill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chopwell?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chopwell21
Leadgate11
Hooker Gate10
Highfield5
Blackhall Mill3
Hamsterley2
Coalburns0
Ebchester0
Newlands0
Lintzford0

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

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 Chopwell 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 Chopwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chopwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Chopwell is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Consett South68
2Chopwell and Rowlands Gill56
3Consett North54
4Leadgate and Medomsley53
5Winlaton and High Spen48
6Prudhoe South41
7Benfieldside39
8Crawcrook and Greenside36
9Burnopfield and Dipton27
10Prudhoe North27
11Stocksfield and Broomhaugh9

Which road in Chopwell has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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