Total Crime Rate

426.7 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 426.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 220.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.0 9/10
  • Robbery 26.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.0 10/10
  • Other theft 20.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Victoria Road West area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hebburn North , and the 29th highest crime rate of 528 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 Victoria Road West (NE31 1LP) in the last 12 months was 426.7 per 1,000 residents and was 322.0% higher than the Hebburn North average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Road West (NE31 1LP), 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 Victoria Road West area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglass Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hall Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hall Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hall Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Hebburn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hebburn Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road 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 2025Shoplifting Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Suspect charged as part of another case
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hebburn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tharsis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Derby Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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