Total Crime Rate
114.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bay Tree Drive area has the 25th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Cleadon Park , and the 159th 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 Bay Tree Drive (NE34 8DE) in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% higher than the Cleadon Park average (72.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bay Tree Drive (NE34 8DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Avenue, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cleadon Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Laurel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laurel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wisteria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selwood Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Laurel Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orchid Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince Of Wales Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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