Total Crime Rate

70.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fulwell Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Harton , and the 234th lowest crime rate of 528 local areas in South Tyneside .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fulwell Avenue (NE34 7DH) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% higher than the Harton average (65.2 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 128.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fulwell Avenue (NE34 7DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hertford Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suffolk Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fulwell Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hertford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Essex Gardens
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chirton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chirton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chirton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hertford Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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