Total Crime Rate
149.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Iona Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 528 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 Iona Road (NE32 4HY) in the last 12 months was 149.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Iona Road (NE32 4HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gretna Drive (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bede| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lanark Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Iona Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iona Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mull Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mull Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Birnam Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birnam Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fife Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fife Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gretna Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gretna Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Gretna Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gretna Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gretna Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gretna Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Iona Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birnam Grove | 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 | Inverness Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Under investigation |
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