Total Crime Rate

612.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 612.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 245.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 109.3 10/10
  • Burglary 29.8 10/10
  • Other theft 29.8 10/10
  • Public order 23.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Market Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 14th highest crime rate of 528 local areas in South Tyneside .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Market Place (NE33 1JF) in the last 12 months was 612.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% higher than the Beacon and Bents average (362.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 142.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Place (NE33 1JF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coble Landing Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Landing —
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Row —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Row —
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Secretan Way —
Sep 2025Robbery Secretan Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ferry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ferry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Street —
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Data Sources

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