Total Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coleridge Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Horsley Hill , and the 210th 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 Coleridge Avenue (NE33 3HA) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.4% higher than the Horsley Hill average (77.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Avenue (NE33 3HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hutton Row, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westoe Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horsley Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Readhead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hutton Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Readhead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Iolanthe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iolanthe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westcott Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Horsley Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzpatrick Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hutton Row | Under investigation |
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