Crime Rates at Stanhope Road, South Shields, NE33 4RT

Stanhope Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Cleadon Park , and the 20th highest crime rate of 528 local areas in South Tyneside .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stanhope Road (NE33 4RT) in the last 12 months was 543.9 per 1,000 residents and was 503.4% higher than the Cleadon Park average (90.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 288.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanhope Road (NE33 4RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shrewsbury Terrace, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Compton Avenue (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.