Crime Statistics for North Shields, North Tyneside, North Tyneside, 2024

Crime statistics for North Shields, North Tyneside

There were a total of 488 street level crime incidents in North Shields in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in North Shields, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime153
Anti Social Behaviour107
Shoplifting52
Criminal Damage Arson35
Other Theft28
Public Order25
Other Crime16
Vehicle Crime15
Drugs15
Burglary15
Possession Of Weapons11
Bicycle Theft8
Robbery7
Theft From The Person1
All Crime488

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes North Shields. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to North Shields

We've taken the ten nearest places to North Shields and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if North Shields has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
South Shields (1.39 miles)488
North Shields488
Chirton (0.62 miles)391
Tynemouth (0.62 miles)351
Tyne Dock (1.86 miles)295
Mill Dam (1.24 miles)266
Billy Mill (1.39 miles)232
Jarrow (1.96 miles)174
Marden (1.24 miles)161
Cullercoats (1.39 miles)143

6.73%
of Chirton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near North Shields?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to North Shields and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
North Shields153
South Shields152
Chirton128
Tynemouth127
Tyne Dock105
Billy Mill91
Mill Dam74
Jarrow63
Marden54
Cullercoats54

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in North Shields?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in North Shields to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in North Shields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to North Shields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. North Shields is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Simonside and Rekendyke89
2Chirton88
3Beacon and Bents88
4Riverside86
5Biddick and All Saints79
6Howdon74
7Tynemouth59
8Westoe51
9Preston50
10Horsley Hill48
11Cullercoats39

Which road in North Shields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in North Shields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Cartington Road.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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