Total Crime Rate

52.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.8 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bellona Close area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hebburn North , and the 171st lowest crime rate of 528 local areas in South 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 Bellona Close (NE31 1FF) in the last 12 months was 52.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% lower than the Hebburn North average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bellona Close (NE31 1FF), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bellona Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Swindon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Makendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bicester Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Suspect charged as part of another case
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tweed Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedgeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cornfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Cornfields
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Makendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Verdun Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whickham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson May Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bicester Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hebburn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landfall Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hebburn Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hebburn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whickham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whickham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Troilus Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour May Close

Data Sources

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