Total Crime Rate

149.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 149.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.9 10/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Iona 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.

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Crime Over Time in Iona Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brisbane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lanark Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Iona Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Iona Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stirling Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mull Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mull Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oban Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oban Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birnam Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birnam Grove
Sep 2025Public order Inverness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fife Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fife Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gretna Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gretna Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Gretna Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gretna Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gretna Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gretna Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Iona Road
Sep 2025Other crime Birnam Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Inverness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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