Total Crime Rate

692.5 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 692.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 445.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.4 10/10
  • Robbery 31.6 10/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Monkton Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 11th highest crime rate of 528 local areas in South 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 Monkton Road (NE32 3AA) in the last 12 months was 692.5 per 1,000 residents and was 408.5% higher than the Bede average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 155 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -13.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 106.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 164.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monkton Road (NE32 3AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 267 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elberfeld Court (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monkton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Shakespeare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Concorde Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monkton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monkton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Harold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seine Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seine Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Concorde Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Concorde Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Randolph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chaytor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Friar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Friar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pearson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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