West Park
WardThe north east of the South Tyneside. About 7,454 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in West Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Park compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Park safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Park at a rate of 128.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across South Tyneside.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 160 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Park.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (312), shoplifting (272) and anti-social behaviour (207).
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 South Tyneside
These figures are published for the whole of South Tyneside, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Tyneside and not West Park alone. See South Tyneside
West Park in brief
West Park had 7,242 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in West Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Park, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Park, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.