Total Crime Rate

117.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Stirling Avenue area has the 49th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 171st 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 Stirling Avenue (NE32 4JT) in the last 12 months was 117.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stirling Avenue (NE32 4JT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Stirling Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Luss Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balmoral Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luss Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lulworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haggerston Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finchale Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finchale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finchale Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Finchale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stirling Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luss Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luss Avenue

Data Sources

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