Crime Statistics for Jarrow, South Tyneside, South Tyneside, 2024

There were a total of 158 street level crime incidents in Jarrow in February 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 Jarrow, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	50
Anti Social Behaviour	32
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Public Order	18
Other Theft	15
Vehicle Crime	8
Shoplifting	6
Burglary	3
Other Crime	3
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	158

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Jarrow

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Shields (1.39 miles)	504
Chirton (1.86 miles)	366
Biddick Hall (1.39 miles)	327
Mill Dam (0.88 miles)	290
Tyne Dock (0.62 miles)	281
Hebburn (1.96 miles)	240
Hedworth (1.39 miles)	234
Hebburn Colliery (1.86 miles)	210
Monkton (1.75 miles)	202
Jarrow	158

Where are the most violent places near Jarrow?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Shields	139
Biddick Hall	123
Chirton	112
Mill Dam	96
Tyne Dock	95
Hebburn	83
Hebburn Colliery	81
Hedworth	80
Monkton	67
Jarrow	50

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

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 Jarrow 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 Jarrow compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Jarrow and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Jarrow is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Simonside and Rekendyke	89
2	Riverside	86
3	Biddick and All Saints	79
4	Bede	76
5	Howdon	74
6	Whiteleas	72
7	Primrose	68
8	Monkton	66
9	Boldon Colliery	61
10	Westoe	51
11	Harton	50

Which road in Jarrow has the highest level of crime?

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