Crime Statistics for Battle Hill, North Tyneside, North Tyneside, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Battle Hill in October 2024. There were a total of 1114 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 Battle Hill, 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	532
Anti Social Behaviour	180
Public Order	80
Criminal Damage Arson	80
Other Theft	52
Vehicle Crime	44
Other Crime	34
Drugs	32
Burglary	24
Shoplifting	20
Possession Of Weapons	16
Robbery	12
Bicycle Theft	4
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	1114

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 Battle Hill. 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 Battle Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Battle Hill	560
Holy Cross (0.88 miles)	413
Killingworth Village (1.75 miles)	368
Wallsend (1.39 miles)	306
Billy Mill (1.96 miles)	271
Killingworth Moor (1.75 miles)	186
Hebburn Colliery (1.96 miles)	160
Forest Hall (1.96 miles)	147
Palmersville (1.39 miles)	127
Shiremoor (1.96 miles)	90

Where are the most violent places near Battle Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Battle Hill	532
Killingworth Village	224
Holy Cross	166
Wallsend	137
Hebburn Colliery	122
Billy Mill	101
Killingworth Moor	56
Shiremoor	48
Palmersville	43
Forest Hall	42

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

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 Battle Hill 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 Battle Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Battle Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Battle Hill is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Wallsend	91
2	Riverside	86
3	Walkergate	79
4	Howdon	74
5	Heaton	62
6	Hebburn North	61
7	Battle Hill	55
8	Benton	55
9	Northumberland	52
10	Killingworth	41
11	Dene & South Gosforth	29

Which road in Battle Hill has the highest level of crime?

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