Crime Rates at Waterville Road, North Shields, NE29 6BN

Waterville Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 136th highest crime rate of 715 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 Waterville Road (NE29 6BN) in the last 12 months was 166.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% lower than the Chirton & Percy Main average (168.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -65.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterville Road (NE29 6BN), the main crime hotspot is near Meadow Well. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.