Total Crime Rate

331.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 331.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 237.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Public order 14.9 8/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 5th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in North Shields , and the 39th highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queen Alexandra Road (NE29 9BE) in the last 12 months was 331.7 per 1,000 residents and was 95.5% higher than the North Shields average (169.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 214.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Alexandra Road (NE29 9BE), 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ancroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Gardens —
Sep 2025Other crime Windermere Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmoral Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Windermere Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lansdowne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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 2025Other crime Windermere Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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