Crime Rates at Silkeys Lane, North Shields, NE29 0SS

Silkeys Lane area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 166th 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 Silkeys Lane (NE29 0SS) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% lower than the Chirton & Percy Main average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silkeys Lane (NE29 0SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Epsom Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.