Total Crime Rate

127.1 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 127.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

New Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Boldon Colliery , and the 155th 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 New Road (NE35 9DR) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% higher than the Boldon Colliery average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (NE35 9DR), the main crime hotspot is near Gibson Court. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oswald Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oswald Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oswald Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sidney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Public order Gibson Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morris Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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