Total Crime Rate
263.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Backworth & Holystone , and the 45th 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 Lane (NE27 0TH) in the last 12 months was 263.2 per 1,000 residents and was 292.1% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 141.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Lane (NE27 0TH), the main crime hotspot is near Beal Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shiremoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Etal Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brunton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wark Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Etal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shiremoor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shiremoor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shiremoor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shiremoor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shiremoor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beadnell Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angerton Avenue | Under investigation |
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