Crime Statistics for South Shields, South Tyneside, South Tyneside, 2024

There were a total of 504 street level crime incidents in South Shields 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 South 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	139
Anti Social Behaviour	108
Shoplifting	64
Criminal Damage Arson	50
Public Order	34
Other Theft	31
Burglary	23
Vehicle Crime	17
Other Crime	11
Robbery	7
Bicycle Theft	7
Drugs	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	504

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 South Shields. 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 South Shields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Shields	504
North Shields (1.39 miles)	467
Chirton (1.75 miles)	366
Biddick Hall (1.96 miles)	327
Harton (1.39 miles)	315
Tynemouth (1.96 miles)	313
Mill Dam (0.62 miles)	290
Tyne Dock (0.88 miles)	281
Horsley Hill (1.39 miles)	223
Jarrow (1.39 miles)	158

Where are the most violent places near South Shields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Shields	139
North Shields	126
Biddick Hall	123
Chirton	112
Harton	98
Tynemouth	96
Mill Dam	96
Tyne Dock	95
Horsley Hill	72
Jarrow	50

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in South 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 South 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 South Shields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South Shields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in South Shields have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Horsley Hill.

#	Ward	Score
1	Simonside and Rekendyke	89
2	Chirton	88
3	Beacon and Bents	88
4	Biddick and All Saints	79
5	Bede	76
6	Whiteleas	72
7	West Park	72
8	Tynemouth	59
9	Westoe	51
10	Harton	50
11	Horsley Hill	48

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

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