Total Crime Rate
29.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hurworth Place area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in South Tyneside .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hurworth Place (NE32 5AE) in the last 12 months was 29.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hurworth Place (NE32 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jarrow Bus Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Railway Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Primrose| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Jarrow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Jarrow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greenbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurworth Place | Under investigation |
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