Chowdene
WardEast Gateshead. About 8,531 people in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 44% of people in Chowdene live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chowdene compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chowdene safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chowdene at a rate of 146.5 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, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chowdene.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (308), violence and sexual offences (257) and anti-social behaviour (217).
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 Chowdene alone. See Gateshead
Chowdene in brief
Chowdene had 8,525 usual residents at the census.
About 44% of people in Chowdene live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chowdene, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chowdene, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.