Crime Statistics for Team Valley, Gateshead, Gateshead, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Team Valley in August 2024. There were a total of 458 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 Team Valley, 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	155
Anti Social Behaviour	88
Shoplifting	52
Vehicle Crime	32
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Public Order	32
Burglary	24
Other Theft	16
Other Crime	15
Possession Of Weapons	8
Drugs	4
All Crime	458

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 Team Valley. 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 Team Valley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Saltwell (0.88 miles)	516
Carr Hill (1.39 miles)	437
Bensham (1.24 miles)	387
Team Valley	232
Sheriff Hill (1.24 miles)	226
Dunston Hill (1.39 miles)	198
Chowdene (0.88 miles)	169
Gateshead	116
Lobley Hill (0.62 miles)	67
Lady Park (1.24 miles)	66

Where are the most violent places near Team Valley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Saltwell	230
Team Valley	155
Carr Hill	146
Bensham	129
Sheriff Hill	121
Dunston Hill	73
Chowdene	47
Gateshead	39
Lobley Hill	34
Lady Park	8

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

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 Team Valley 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 Team Valley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Deckham	93
2	Saltwell	93
3	Elswick	88
4	High Fell	77
5	Monument	76
6	Lobley Hill and Bensham	71
7	Chowdene	68
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 Team Valley has the highest level of crime?

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