Total Crime Rate

95.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.4 6/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Kelso Drive area has the 28th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 261st highest crime rate of 715 local areas in North Tyneside .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kelso Drive (NE29 9NS) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kelso Drive (NE29 9NS), the main crime hotspot is near Weldon Place. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kelso Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weldon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morwick Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weldon Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Weldon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Weldon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ludlow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morwick Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Morwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Morwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morwick Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morwick Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morwick Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kelso Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kelso Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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