Total Crime Rate

311.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 311.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 210.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Robbery 17.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Beach Croft Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South , and the 47th 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 Beach Croft Avenue (NE30 3SR) in the last 12 months was 311.9 per 1,000 residents and was 261.6% 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beach Croft Avenue (NE30 3SR), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beach Croft Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whittingham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beach Croft Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westlands Under investigation
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Data Sources

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