Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 98.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.7 9/10
  • Public order 30.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Pauls Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 138th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in South Tyneside .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Pauls Road (NE32 3AS) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the Bede average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -8.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Road (NE32 3AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Drive, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishop Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbey Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishop Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishop Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilberforce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Canon Grove —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Canon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbey Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Abbey Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Abbey Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Abbey Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Percy Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Priory Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellington Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stothard Street —
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Data Sources

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