Total Crime Rate

219.0 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 219.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.6 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Whitley Road 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 Whitley Road (NE26 2PL) 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 Whitley Road (NE26 2PL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egremont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rockcliffe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Rockcliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheviot View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Belle Vue Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Oswin'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Margaret Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Margaret Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grafton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marden Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cullercoats —
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Data Sources

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