Total Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bavington Gardens area has the 41st highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 330th 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 Bavington Gardens (NE30 3QE) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% lower 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 Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bavington Gardens (NE30 3QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buttermere Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartington Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bavington Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buttermere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bavington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wallington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campsie Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Angerton Avenue | — |
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