Total Crime Rate
127.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dumfries Crescent area has the 44th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 154th highest crime rate of 528 local areas in South Tyneside .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dumfries Crescent (NE32 4HN) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dumfries Crescent (NE32 4HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elgin Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bede| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luss Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oban Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oban Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mull Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mull Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balmoral Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iona Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Iona Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Iona Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Luss Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Luss Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Luss Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Inverness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Grove | Under investigation |
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