Crime Statistics for Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Benwell in September 2024. There were a total of 386 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 Benwell, 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	91
Shoplifting	76
Anti Social Behaviour	62
Public Order	39
Criminal Damage Arson	31
Other Theft	23
Vehicle Crime	22
Burglary	12
Drugs	11
Other Crime	9
Robbery	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	386

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 Benwell. 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 Benwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blakelaw (1.24 miles)	904
Kenton Bar (1.86 miles)	835
Fenham (0.88 miles)	747
Spital Tongues (1.39 miles)	727
Newbiggin Hall Estate (1.96 miles)	395
Benwell	386
Teams (1.75 miles)	219
Dunston (1.39 miles)	197
Bell’s Close (1.24 miles)	189
Blaydon Haughs (1.39 miles)	148

Where are the most violent places near Benwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blakelaw	392
Kenton Bar	210
Fenham	204
Spital Tongues	202
Newbiggin Hall Estate	153
Benwell	91
Teams	61
Dunston	50
Blaydon Haughs	45
Bell’s Close	40

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

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 Benwell 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 Benwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Benwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Benwell is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Elswick	88
2	Blakelaw	85
3	Benwell & Scotswood	81
4	West Fenham	78
5	Arthur's Hill	75
6	Wingrove	71
7	Lemington	67
8	Dunston and Teams	66
9	Blaydon	58
10	Dunston Hill and Whickham East	52
11	Whickham North	35

Which road in Benwell has the highest level of crime?

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