Total Crime Rate

233.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 233.1 10/10
  • Other theft 70.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 52.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Coast Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Battle Hill , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 715 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 Coast Road (NE28 9HP) in the last 12 months was 233.1 per 1,000 residents and was 128.8% higher than the Battle Hill average (101.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coast Road (NE28 9HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weardale Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coast Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hollings Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Acres Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Covers Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fitzsimmons Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fitzsimmons Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary High View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weardale Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Acres Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Gardens —
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Data Sources

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