Crime Rates at Bamford Walk, South Shields, NE34 0JA

Bamford Walk area has the 13th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Cleadon Park , and the 92nd 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 Bamford Walk (NE34 0JA) in the last 12 months was 165.2 per 1,000 residents and was 127.2% higher than the Cleadon Park average (72.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bamford Walk (NE34 0JA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.