Total Crime Rate
369.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
140.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nile Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in North Shields , and the 20th highest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nile Street (NE29 0BB) in the last 12 months was 369.7 per 1,000 residents and was 157.0% higher than the North Shields average (143.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 140.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nile Street (NE29 0BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 242 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Railway Terrace (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Shields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcastle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prudhoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prudhoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nile Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Shields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Shields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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