Total Crime Rate
230.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park View area has the 6th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 58th highest crime rate of 706 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 Park View (NE26 3RD) in the last 12 months was 230.8 per 1,000 residents and was 247.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park View (NE26 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elmwood Grove, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitley Bay North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmwood Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmwood Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmwood Grove | Under investigation |
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