Total Crime Rate

46.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beal Drive area has the 59th lowest crime rate of 132 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 284th lowest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beal Drive (NE12 9EH) in the last 12 months was 46.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower than the Backworth & Holystone average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beal Drive (NE12 9EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Otterburn Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beal Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Otterburn Close
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Felton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Felton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Otterburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Otterburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bamburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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