Total Crime Rate

194.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 194.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Burglary 18.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.2 5/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Yeoman Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in North Shields , and the 113th 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 Yeoman Street (NE29 6NL) in the last 12 months was 194.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% higher than the North Shields average (169.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yeoman Street (NE29 6NL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 269 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yeoman Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gardner Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duke Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedford Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedford Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Bedford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Waldo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waldo Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Addison Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street

Data Sources

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