Crime Rates at Lish Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 2EG

Lish Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 84th 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 Lish Avenue (NE26 2EG) in the last 12 months was 219.0 per 1,000 residents and was 153.9% higher than the Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 130.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lish Avenue (NE26 2EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Margaret Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.