Total Crime Rate

98.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 98.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Newcastle Road area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 214th highest crime rate of 528 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 Newcastle Road (NE34 9AA) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Bede average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newcastle Road (NE34 9AA), the main crime hotspot is near Brampton Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newcastle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waldridge Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Simonside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simonside Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Blyton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ranson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brampton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brampton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brampton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ranson Crescent —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wenlock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waldridge Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Simonside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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