Tyne & Wear Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Tyne & Wear as of April 2026 is 76 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 30 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Tyne & Wear's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - South Shields is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Tynemouth, and Newcastle upon Tyne comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Tyne & Wear, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Washington which ranks as the safest area in Tyne & Wear, followed up by Gateshead in second place, and Sunderland in third place.
Tyne & Wear Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Tyne & Wear represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Tyne & Wear's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Tyne & Wear up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Tyne & Wear's 40,311 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Tyne & Wear • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Tyne & Wear has a crime risk score of 515. This is based on analysis of 40,311 nearby areas within Tyne & Wear, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Tyne & Wear's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Tyne & Wear, crime risk scores are typically around 515, while in North East they are average 562.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 576 (595 for North East), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 622 (North East 624).
Trends in Crime Risk
Tyne & Wear
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 30% in Tyne & Wear's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Tyne & Wear's crime risk score is down by 28%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Tyne & Wear's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 25%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Tyne & Wear
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Tyne & Wear • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 10 reports per 1,000 people in Tyne & Wear, which is 1.47 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 14,098 crime reports logged by Northumbria Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Northumbria Police recorded 11,024 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Tyne & Wear, resulting in a crime rate of 8.17 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.30.
The crime rate for Burglary is 1.20 times the national average at 3.77 reports per 1,000. This is from 5,081 crime reports reported to Northumbria Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Tyne & Wear
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.42 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 42% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.10 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.78 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 41% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.92 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.47 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 37% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Tyne & Wear
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.86 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.07 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 20% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.77 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.26 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 39% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 70% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Tyne & Wear • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Tyne & Wear | North East | Northumbria Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 23,059 | 17.10 | 1.21 | 60,647 | 19.76 | 1.40 | 28,922 | 16.99 | 1.20 |
| Bicycle Theft | 710 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 1,566 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 848 | 0.51 | 0.70 |
| Burglary | 5,081 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 12,568 | 4.10 | 1.31 | 6,094 | 3.58 | 1.14 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 11,024 | 8.17 | 1.30 | 31,671 | 10.32 | 1.64 | 13,613 | 8.02 | 1.28 |
| Drugs | 2,980 | 2.21 | 0.72 | 7,960 | 2.59 | 0.84 | 3,596 | 2.12 | 0.69 |
| Other Crime | 4,262 | 3.16 | 1.71 | 10,427 | 3.40 | 1.84 | 5,393 | 3.16 | 1.71 |
| Other Theft | 7,032 | 5.20 | 0.91 | 16,082 | 5.24 | 0.92 | 8,394 | 4.95 | 0.87 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1,082 | 0.79 | 0.93 | 2,627 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 1,307 | 0.78 | 0.92 |
| Public Order | 9,204 | 6.82 | 1.18 | 22,100 | 7.21 | 1.24 | 11,306 | 6.64 | 1.14 |
| Robbery | 1,813 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 3,786 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 1,951 | 1.16 | 0.98 |
| Shoplifting | 14,098 | 10.46 | 1.47 | 33,748 | 10.99 | 1.54 | 16,416 | 9.65 | 1.35 |
| Theft From the Person | 824 | 0.61 | 0.39 | 1,449 | 0.47 | 0.30 | 914 | 0.53 | 0.34 |
| Vehicle Crime | 4,898 | 3.61 | 0.84 | 11,617 | 3.77 | 0.88 | 5,744 | 3.39 | 0.79 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 39,832 | 29.55 | 0.97 | 104,999 | 34.22 | 1.13 | 49,185 | 28.90 | 0.95 |
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Total Crime by Year
Tyne & Wear | North East | Northumbria Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 102,840 | 76.24 | 1.06 | 260,600 | 84.89 | 1.18 | 124,761 | 73.39 | 1.02 |
| 2025 | 117,105 | 87.13 | 1.18 | 272,201 | 89.21 | 1.21 | 141,396 | 83.52 | 1.13 |
| 2024 | 120,036 | 90.33 | 1.20 | 285,067 | 94.47 | 1.25 | 145,404 | 86.79 | 1.15 |
| 2023 | 121,430 | 92.52 | 1.17 | 295,603 | 99.04 | 1.25 | 146,468 | 88.47 | 1.12 |
| 2022 | 116,049 | 89.56 | 1.17 | 273,599 | 93.03 | 1.21 | 139,517 | 85.30 | 1.11 |
| 2021 | 107,826 | 83.61 | 1.22 | 250,848 | 85.95 | 1.25 | 130,521 | 80.24 | 1.17 |
| 2020 | 122,585 | 94.98 | 1.28 | 276,026 | 94.68 | 1.28 | 146,834 | 90.35 | 1.22 |
| 2019 | 139,523 | 108.10 | 1.42 | 298,335 | 102.44 | 1.34 | 166,043 | 102.30 | 1.34 |
| 2018 | 134,395 | 104.16 | 1.46 | 280,195 | 96.33 | 1.35 | 160,921 | 99.30 | 1.40 |
| 2017 | 108,660 | 84.25 | 1.32 | 226,807 | 78.00 | 1.22 | 128,718 | 79.42 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | 31,151 | 24.16 | 1.27 | 66,798 | 22.96 | 1.20 | 36,860 | 22.77 | 1.19 |
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The Tyne & Wear Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Tyne & Wear has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Prince Albert Terrace Newcastle upon Tyne | 131 | ||||||||
| Nightclub South Shields | 130 | ||||||||
| Derwent Street Sunderland | 101 | ||||||||
| Trafford Gateshead | 87 | ||||||||
| Bus/Coach Station Washington | 54 | ||||||||
| Monkton Road Jarrow | 44 | ||||||||
| The Broadway Houghton-le-Spring | 41 | ||||||||
| Police Station Wallsend | 40 | ||||||||
| Petrol Station Tynemouth | 37 | ||||||||
| South Parade Whitley Bay | 27 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Blaydon | 1,695 | 104.26 | 1.51 | ||||||
| South Shields | 7,695 | 99.68 | 1.39 | ||||||
| Jarrow | 2,808 | 92.49 | 1.30 | ||||||
| Wallsend | 4,425 | 87.67 | 1.23 | ||||||
| Woolsington | 1,014 | 85.53 | 1.25 | ||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 29,752 | 82.70 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Houghton-le-Spring | 1,029 | 78.90 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Sunderland | 23,684 | 78.75 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Tynemouth | 5,570 | 74.97 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Gateshead | 15,048 | 73.67 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Washington | 3,729 | 69.92 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Hetton | 1,227 | 64.15 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Ryton | 480 | 63.14 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Hebburn | 1,441 | 61.18 | 0.90 | ||||||
| Whitley Bay | 2,015 | 53.91 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Whickham | 739 | 47.42 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Longbenton | 1,603 | 42.04 | 0.60 | ||||||
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