Total Crime Rate
13.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Percy Avenue area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 91st lowest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Percy Avenue (NE26 3PR) in the last 12 months was 13.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Percy Avenue (NE26 3PR), the main crime hotspot is near Sanderson Road. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitley Bay North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Gardens | — |
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