Dunston Hill & Whickham East
WardNorth east Gateshead. About 8,835 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Dunston Hill & Whickham East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dunston Hill & Whickham East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dunston Hill & Whickham East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dunston Hill & Whickham East at a rate of 30.6 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, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dunston Hill & Whickham East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (92), other crime (45) and anti-social behaviour (32).
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 Dunston Hill & Whickham East alone. See Gateshead
Dunston Hill & Whickham East in brief
Dunston Hill & Whickham East had 8,782 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Dunston Hill & Whickham East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dunston Hill & Whickham East, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dunston Hill & Whickham East, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.