Total Crime Rate
460.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
192.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 18th 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 High Street (NE32 3BS) in the last 12 months was 460.1 per 1,000 residents and was 308.4% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -90.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 192.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (NE32 3BS), the main crime hotspot is near Monkton Road. Police recorded 208 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Primrose| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Palmer Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monkton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Friar Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Consort Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Randolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Monkton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stothard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilberforce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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