Total Crime Rate
120.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lavender Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Biddick and All Saints , and the 149th highest crime rate of 523 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 Lavender Lane (NE34 0AP) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the Biddick and All Saints average (118.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lavender Lane (NE34 0AP), the main crime hotspot is near Orchid Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Biddick and All Saints| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beattie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestrel Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biddick Hall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beattie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marigold Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marigold Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marigold Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | School Loaning | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Tail Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kestrel Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craik Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B1298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lane Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redberry Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchid Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
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