Whickham
Middle areaCentral Gateshead. 6,894 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Whickham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Whickham
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whickham at a rate of 38.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.2 per 1,000 people across Gateshead.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 87 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 62 |
| Other crime | 58 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 |
| Burglary | 17 |
| Shoplifting | 12 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Drug offences | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Whickham compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Whickham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whickham at a rate of 38.7 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, 21 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whickham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (87), violence and sexual offences (62) and other crime (58).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Gateshead and not Whickham alone. See Gateshead
Whickham in brief
The median price paid for a home in Whickham was £245,500 in 2025.
Whickham had 6,964 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Whickham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Whickham, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.