Total Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Collin Drive area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bede , and the 30th 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 Collin Drive (NE34 9FE) in the last 12 months was 11.8 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% lower than the Bede average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collin Drive (NE34 9FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Binchester Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brampton Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Simonside and Rekendyke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tennant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Binchester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Binchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clive Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Margaret Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laybourn Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pintail Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Madras Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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