Total Crime Rate
213.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dean Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 61st highest crime rate of 523 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 Dean Road (NE33 5PN) in the last 12 months was 213.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -48.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 100.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dean Road (NE33 5PN), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | South Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharfedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharfedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Shields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Wallis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Wallis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Wallis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Wallis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wharfedale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Jude'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Jude'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eglesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eglesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eglesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ravensworth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wharfedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sinclair Meadows | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A194 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harvey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Williamson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
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