Total Crime Rate

450.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 450.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 336.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Public order 28.7 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.2 2/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Croft area has the highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Camperdown , and the 18th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Croft (NE12 6PJ) in the last 12 months was 450.8 per 1,000 residents and was 490.6% higher than the Camperdown average (76.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1417.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Croft (NE12 6PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Garth Twenty Four. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Croft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Berkeley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garth Twenty Two —
Sep 2025Other crime Longstone Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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