Total Crime Rate
22.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prudhoe Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 157th lowest crime rate of 706 local areas in North Tyneside .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Prudhoe Street (NE29 6QZ) in the last 12 months was 22.1 per 1,000 residents and was 84.4% 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 Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prudhoe Street (NE29 6QZ), the main crime hotspot is near Railway Terrace. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In North Shields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Shields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Shields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Shields | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Other crime | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Shields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nile Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prudhoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Little Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sibthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prudhoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prudhoe Street Back | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prudhoe Street Back | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prudhoe Street Back | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prudhoe Street Back | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prudhoe Street Back | — |
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