Total Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.8 4/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Queen Alexandra Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in North Shields , and the 302nd lowest crime rate of 715 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 Queen Alexandra Road (NE29 9BD) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Alexandra Road (NE29 9BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windermere Terrace (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Alexandra Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Gardens
Sep 2025Other theft Windermere Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lansdowne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Windermere Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ancroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmoral Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Gardens
Sep 2025Other crime Windermere Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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