Total Crime Rate
27.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Aidans Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 88th 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 St Aidans Road (NE33 2HD) in the last 12 months was 27.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Aidans Road (NE33 2HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (71 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salmon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Scott 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 | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anderson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anderson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vespasian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trajan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salmon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ocean Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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