Crime Rates at Front Street, Chirton, North Shields, NE29 7QH

Front Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Chirton & Percy Main , and the 126th 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 Front Street (NE29 7QH) in the last 12 months was 147.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Street (NE29 7QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bawtry Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.