Crime Rate in West Park, ward

West Park has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 wards in South Tyneside district and the 782nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 80th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Park in the last 12 months was 138.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the South Tyneside district average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 342 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 46.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 453 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Park ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 186 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (90 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.