Total Crime Rate

5.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 5.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cheviot Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Horsley Hill , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 528 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 Cheviot Road (NE34 7ST) in the last 12 months was 5.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.0% lower than the Horsley Hill average (77.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheviot Road (NE34 7ST), the main crime hotspot is near St Cuthbert'S Avenue. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheviot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheviot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cuthbert'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cheviot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cheviot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bideford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bideford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bamburgh Avenue
Sep 2025Other theft St Cuthbert'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cheviot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cuthbert'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cuthbert'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cuthbert'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cuthbert'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime St Cuthbert'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order High Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Callum Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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