Crime Rates at Vicarage Street, North Shields, NE29 6SJ

Vicarage Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 132nd 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 Vicarage Street (NE29 6SJ) in the last 12 months was 142.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Street (NE29 6SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prudhoe Street Back, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Street West (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.