Total Crime Rate
351.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Maxwell Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 37th 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 Maxwell Street (NE33 4PU) in the last 12 months was 351.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 158.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maxwell Street (NE33 4PU), 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.
View Crime In Beacon and Bents| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Derby Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dixon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | John Clay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dixon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shakespeare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Western Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mark'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | John Clay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | John Clay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Derby Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Derby Terrace | Under investigation |
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