Total Crime Rate

116.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Newmarket Walk area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 177th 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 Newmarket Walk (NE33 4NP) in the last 12 months was 116.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% lower than the Beacon and Bents average (362.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newmarket Walk (NE33 4NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Clay Street, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chichester Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newmarket Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wharton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Derby Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Westoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Frost Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chichester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary West Moffett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunelm Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Crossgate Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Derby Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Derby Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romilly Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wharton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting John Clay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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