Total Crime Rate
93.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorne Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hebburn North , and the 196th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in South 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 Hawthorne Avenue (NE31 1JG) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% higher than the Hebburn North average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Avenue (NE31 1JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eton Square, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windsor Crescent (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hebburn North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eton Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marr Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marr Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eton Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Oswald'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ushaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Oswald'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Civic Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ralph Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ralph Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Oswald'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marr Road | Under investigation |
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