Lobley Hill & Bensham
WardEast Gateshead. About 10,017 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in Lobley Hill & Bensham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Lobley Hill & Bensham compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Lobley Hill & Bensham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lobley Hill & Bensham at a rate of 88.1 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, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lobley Hill & Bensham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), other crime (147) and anti-social behaviour (113).
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 Lobley Hill & Bensham alone. See Gateshead
Lobley Hill & Bensham in brief
Lobley Hill & Bensham had 9,443 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in Lobley Hill & Bensham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lobley Hill & Bensham, 82.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Lobley Hill & Bensham, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.