Total Crime Rate

501.6 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 501.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 246.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.6 10/10
  • Public order 37.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Robbery 18.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Malvern Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 15th 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 Malvern Road (NE29 9ES) in the last 12 months was 501.6 per 1,000 residents and was 481.5% higher than the Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 135.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malvern Road (NE29 9ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heybrook Avenue, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ludlow Avenue (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Malvern Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ludlow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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