Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 44.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.6 10/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

High Street area has the 49th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 213th 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 High Street (NE32 3BB) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NE32 3BB), 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 High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilberforce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Canon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbey Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stothard Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishop Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishop Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Canon Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishop Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Friar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Friar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellington Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Priory Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Percy Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Randolph Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dee Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pearson Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Friar Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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