Total Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dean Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 179th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in South Tyneside .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dean Road (NE33 5LN) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dean Road (NE33 5LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gilbert Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Temple Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Simonside and Rekendyke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Williamson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Revesby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharfedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharfedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wharfedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wharfedale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A194 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greathead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greathead Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barehirst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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