Crime Rates at Wear Street, Jarrow, NE32 3NL

Wear Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 58th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in South Tyneside .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wear Street (NE32 3NL) in the last 12 months was 228.2 per 1,000 residents and was 102.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 97.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wear Street (NE32 3NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jarrow Bus Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Railway Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.