Crime Statistics for Saltwell, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Saltwell in September 2024. There were a total of 384 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 Saltwell, 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	131
Anti Social Behaviour	59
Shoplifting	30
Public Order	29
Burglary	28
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Vehicle Crime	27
Other Theft	21
Other Crime	10
Drugs	6
Theft From The Person	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	3
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	384

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 Saltwell. 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 Saltwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Felling (1.24 miles)	477
Carr Hill (0.62 miles)	437
Bensham (0.88 miles)	387
Saltwell	384
Sheriff Hill (0.88 miles)	274
Teams (1.39 miles)	219
Team Valley (0.88 miles)	202
Chowdene (1.24 miles)	169
Gateshead (0.88 miles)	117
Lobley Hill (1.39 miles)	44

Where are the most violent places near Saltwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Felling	161
Carr Hill	146
Saltwell	131
Bensham	129
Sheriff Hill	94
Team Valley	75
Teams	61
Chowdene	47
Gateshead	40
Lobley Hill	14

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

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 Saltwell 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 Saltwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Saltwell	93
3	Felling	91
4	Bridges	90
5	Elswick	88
6	High Fell	77
7	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
8	Chowdene	68
9	Dunston and Teams	66
10	Low Fell	57
11	Whickham South and Sunniside	19

Which road in Saltwell has the highest level of crime?

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