Whickham North & Swalwell
WardNorth Gateshead. About 8,145 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Whickham North & Swalwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Whickham North & Swalwell compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Whickham North & Swalwell safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whickham North & Swalwell at a rate of 168.3 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, 122 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whickham North & Swalwell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (335), violence and sexual offences (262) and other crime (208).
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 Whickham North & Swalwell alone. See Gateshead
Whickham North & Swalwell in brief
Whickham North & Swalwell had 8,011 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Whickham North & Swalwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Whickham North & Swalwell, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Whickham North & Swalwell, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.