Total Crime Rate
207.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chirton Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 69th 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 Chirton Lane (NE29 0SD) in the last 12 months was 207.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% higher than the Chirton & Percy Main average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 102.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chirton Lane (NE29 0SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorking Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chirton & Percy Main| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scorer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carlton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorking Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Nook | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newlyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorncliffe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thorncliffe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silkey'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilburn Street | — |
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