Total Crime Rate

327.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

170.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 327.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 170.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 121.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.5 10/10
  • Public order 40.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Edinburgh Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 27th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in South Tyneside .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edinburgh Road (NE32 4BB) in the last 12 months was 327.9 per 1,000 residents and was 191.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 170.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edinburgh Road (NE32 4BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Perth Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edinburgh Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Luss Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Luss Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aberdeen Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aberdeen Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aberdeen Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Aberdeen Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Inverness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Luss Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Perth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Perth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birnam Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skye Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Iona Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canberra Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canberra Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Luss Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Queensland Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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