Total Crime Rate
201.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillheads Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillheads Road (NE25 8HS) in the last 12 months was 201.8 per 1,000 residents and was 203.5% higher than the Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillheads Road (NE25 8HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A191 (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dowling Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillheads Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillheads Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lovaine Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovaine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | β |
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