Crime Rates at Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2EP

Whitley Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 250th highest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitley Road (NE26 2EP) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% higher than the Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitley Road (NE26 2EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cullercoats (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.