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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Heaton in October 2024. There were a total of 617 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 Heaton, 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	149
Shoplifting	124
Anti Social Behaviour	114
Public Order	54
Criminal Damage Arson	45
Other Theft	31
Vehicle Crime	28
Burglary	23
Drugs	14
Bicycle Theft	11
Other Crime	10
Theft From The Person	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	3
All Crime	617

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne (1.75 miles)	1413
Jesmond (1.24 miles)	1290
Byker (1.24 miles)	1111
Felling Shore (1.86 miles)	715
Heaton	587
St Peter’s (1.86 miles)	520
Wallsend (1.24 miles)	306
Longbenton (1.39 miles)	220
South Gosforth (1.96 miles)	208
Forest Hall (1.86 miles)	147

Where are the most violent places near Heaton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne	409
Byker	337
Felling Shore	319
Jesmond	248
St Peter’s	191
Heaton	149
Wallsend	137
Longbenton	50
Forest Hall	42
South Gosforth	31

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

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 Heaton 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 Heaton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Heaton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Heaton is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Byker	95
2	Walker	93
3	Wallsend	91
4	Ouseburn	67
5	Heaton	62
6	Benton	55
7	South Jesmond	49
8	North Jesmond	45
9	Gosforth	42
10	Dene & South Gosforth	29
11	Manor Park	26

Which road in Heaton has the highest level of crime?

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