Total Crime Rate
250.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Friar Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 64th highest crime rate of 528 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 Friar Way (NE32 3QQ) in the last 12 months was 250.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.1% higher than the Bede average (136.2 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 116.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Friar Way (NE32 3QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wilberforce Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bede| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Harold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Friar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stothard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bishop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Friar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Randolph Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbey Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbey Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbey Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbey Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaytor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shakespeare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbey Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearson Place | Under investigation |
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