Moving to Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne - Useful Information
So you are thinking of moving to Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Monument is on the up and up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Monument the land of milk and honey or a hell hole? Time to find out!
Nothing gives an accurate snapshop of an area quite like the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. These statistics are published every two years by the government and really give you an insight into what Monument is really like. We use the traffic light system, so you can see at a glace how bad (or good) Monument is. The decile scores we publish range from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 the best. They represent the average of all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in Monument.
| Deprivation Domain | |
|---|---|
| Income | 6 |
| Employment | 7 |
| Education, Skills & Training | 4 |
| Health & Disability | 2 |
| Crime | 3 |
| Outdoor Environment | 5 |
Crime in Monument
If you are moving to Monument you'll want to know if the area if a crime infested hell hole compared to the other wards in Newcastle upon Tyne. We have you covered. No need to stake the place out at night to see if it turns into an anti-social nightmware at night!
We have taken the 'best fit' Policing area that includes Monument and grabbed the crime incidents from data.police.uk The data is for incidents reported to the Police. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken. The data is typically 3 months in arrears.
There were a total of 2787 street level crime incidents in Monument in February 2021. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
| Crime Category | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Anti Social Behaviour | 702 |
| Violent Crime | 635 |
| Shoplifting | 372 |
| Public Order | 264 |
| Other Theft | 174 |
| Drugs | 138 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 136 |
| Theft From The Person | 100 |
| Burglary | 72 |
| Bicycle Theft | 58 |
| Robbery | 44 |
| Vehicle Crime | 38 |
| Other Crime | 36 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 18 |
| All Crime | 2787 |
That's all very well, but you want to know if those crime incidents are happening in the road you are thinking of moving to, right? Here they are plotted on a map. You can see where the clusters are. To protect people's privacy, each road is broken down in to one or two clusters. So that could mean the incidents occur throughout the road or multiple incidents at one address,
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation has a breakdown of crime in the Monument area down to Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) level. This is equivelent to a few roads. These statistics are a measure of how likley you are to be victim of 'personal or material crime', lovely! So in laymen's terms, how likely you are to be mugged or burgled. According to these statistics, here are the roads with the least crime and the most crime:
Roads with the most crime in Monument
Bewick Street, Blandford Square, Blandford Street, Central Parkway, Churchill Street, Clavering Place, Clayton Street West, Close, Collingwood Street, Cookson's Lane, Dale Street, Denbton Chare, Denton Chare, Duke Street, Forth Banks, Forth Goods Yard, Forth Place, Forth Street, Grainger Street, Groat Market, Hanover Street, Hawthorn Square, High Level Bridge, Marlborough Crescent, Neville Street, Orchard Street, Pink Lane, Pottery Lane, Pudding Chare, Railway Street, Redheugh Bridge, Rosemary Lane, Saint Nicholas Chare, Scotswood Road, Skinnerburn Road, South Street, St James Gate, St James' Boulevard, St Nicholas Street, Stephenson's Lane, Stephenson's Monument Park, Sunderland Street, Sussex Street, Temple Street, Thomas Bewick Square, Thornton Court, Times Square, Tuthill Stairs, Waterloo Square, Waterloo Street, Westgate Road, Westmorland Lane, Westmorland RoadRoads with the least Crime in Monument
Archbold Terrace, Barker Street, Byron Street, Camden Street, Chester Street, Dinsdale Place, Falconar Street, Gladstone Terrace, Grantham Road, Harrison Place, Helmsley Road, Hutton Terrace, Milton Close, Milton Place, Napier Street, Osborne Terrace, Portland Mews, Portland Road, Portland Terrace, Rock Terrace, Sandyford Road, Shield StreetUniversal Credit (UC) Statistics in and around Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne
Although Universal Credit (UC) is a in and out of work benefit, it is a good indicator of the levels of unemployment and crucially as we move to a 'gig economy', under employment in Monument. The Department for Work & Pensions typically publish UC count figures 6 months in arrears.Wages Statistics: How much can you expect to earn in Monument?
Every year the Office of National Statitics (ONS) publishes its labour market survery. Amongst these statitics is how much gross weekly pay you can earn on average in any local district council area. Newcastle upon Tyne is ranked 216/314 local district councils in England, from the highest down to the lowest average weekly gross pay.Your Wellbeing in Monument
Each year the Office for National Statitics (ONS) conducts a wellbeing survey at the local district level. We've grabbed the results for Newcastle upon Tyne so you can see what to expect in Monument. Is it a soul destroying hellhole or quite the salubrious desireable place to live?Your Health in Monument
If you are thinking of moving to Monument, you'll want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out how Newcastle upon Tyne compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
