Birtley South
WardSouth east Gateshead. About 9,450 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in Birtley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Birtley South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birtley South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birtley South at a rate of 80.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.2 per 1,000 people across Gateshead.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birtley South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (179), anti-social behaviour (150) and other crime (111).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Gateshead
These figures are published for the whole of Gateshead, not for each ward, so they describe all of Gateshead and not Birtley South alone. See Gateshead
Birtley South in brief
Birtley South had 9,262 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in Birtley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birtley South, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birtley South, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.