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

Whitley Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 79th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitley Road (NE26 2SY) in the last 12 months was 223.8 per 1,000 residents and was 159.5% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 80.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitley Road (NE26 2SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 130 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ocean View (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.