Total Crime Rate
108.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roman Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 166th highest crime rate of 523 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 Roman Road (NE33 2HA) in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower than the Beacon and Bents average (300.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roman Road (NE33 2HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodbine Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beacon and Bents| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anderson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baring Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shortridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anderson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vespasian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Scott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trajan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shortridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shortridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ocean Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ocean Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salmon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salmon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henry Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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