Crime Rates at Mortimer Road, South Shields, NE34 0RT

Mortimer Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Horsley Hill , and the 36th lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in South Tyneside .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mortimer Road (NE34 0RT) in the last 12 months was 13.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% lower than the Horsley Hill average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Road (NE34 0RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aston Street (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.