Total Crime Rate
81.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Vale area has the 39th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 249th highest crime rate of 706 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 Meadow Vale (NE27 0BD) in the last 12 months was 81.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the Backworth & Holystone average (67.1 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Vale (NE27 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Algernon Drive, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Vale (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shiremoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Algernon Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haydon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Algernon Drive | Under investigation |
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