Crime and Safety in Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Tynemouth is the third most dangerous major town in Tyne & Wear, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Tyne & Wear's 28 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Tynemouth in 2026 is 75 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Tyne & Wear's overall crime rate, coming in 1.7% lower than the Tyne & Wear rate of 76 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Tynemouth is among the top 20 safest major towns, and the 1,994th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In July 2025, Tynemouth had the worst crime rate in Tyne & Wear for drugs, with 30 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.40 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2024 was also a bad month for Tynemouth residents, when it was Tyne & Wear's most dangerous area for possession of weapons, recording 11 crimes at a rate of 0.15 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Tynemouth are violence and sexual offences, with 2,112 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 28. This is 12% lower than 2025's figure of 2,389 offences and a difference of 3.74 from 2025's crime rate of 32. Tynemouth's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 29 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 29 crimes.
Tynemouth 2026 Crime Scorecard
Third Most Dangerous
Major Towns, Tyne & Wear
12% lower, regional crime rate
North East
4.2% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Tynemouth is 12% lower than the North East and 4.2% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Tynemouth Crime Rate Over Time
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Tynemouth Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Tynemouth 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 Tynemouth's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Tynemouth up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Tynemouth's 1,688 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.
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Looking into a specific address in Tynemouth? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Tynemouth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Tynemouth has a crime risk score of 505. This is based on analysis of 1,688 nearby areas within Tynemouth, 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 Tynemouth's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Tynemouth, crime risk scores are typically around 505, while in Tyne & Wear they are average 515.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 609 (576 for Tyne & Wear), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 677 (Tyne & Wear 622).
Trends in Crime Risk
Tynemouth
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 40% in Tynemouth'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.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Tynemouth's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Tynemouth's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 27%, 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
Tynemouth
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
Tynemouth • 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 13 reports per 1,000 people in Tynemouth, which is 1.76 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 935 crime reports logged by Northumbria Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Northumbria Police recorded 611 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Tynemouth, resulting in a crime rate of 8.22 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.31.
The crime rate for Public Order is 1.20 times the national average at 6.96 reports per 1,000. This is from 516 crime reports reported to Northumbria Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Tynemouth
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.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.12 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 1.86 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 14% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.58 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.53 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 198% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 82% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Tynemouth
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.14 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.49 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.80 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 39% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Tynemouth • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Tynemouth | Tyne & Wear | North East | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 1,174 | 15.83 | 1.12 | 23,059 | 17.10 | 1.21 | 60,647 | 19.76 | 1.40 |
| Bicycle Theft | 29 | 0.39 | 0.57 | 710 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 1,566 | 0.51 | 0.70 |
| Burglary | 240 | 3.23 | 1.03 | 5,081 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 12,568 | 4.10 | 1.31 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 611 | 8.22 | 1.31 | 11,024 | 8.17 | 1.30 | 31,671 | 10.32 | 1.64 |
| Drugs | 176 | 2.37 | 0.84 | 2,980 | 2.21 | 0.72 | 7,960 | 2.59 | 0.84 |
| Other Crime | 206 | 2.79 | 1.51 | 4,262 | 3.16 | 1.71 | 10,427 | 3.40 | 1.84 |
| Other Theft | 350 | 4.70 | 0.83 | 7,032 | 5.20 | 0.91 | 16,082 | 5.24 | 0.92 |
| Possession of Weapons | 45 | 0.59 | 0.76 | 1,082 | 0.79 | 0.93 | 2,627 | 0.84 | 0.99 |
| Public Order | 516 | 6.96 | 1.20 | 9,204 | 6.82 | 1.18 | 22,100 | 7.21 | 1.24 |
| Robbery | 102 | 1.37 | 1.16 | 1,813 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 3,786 | 1.23 | 1.04 |
| Shoplifting | 935 | 12.58 | 1.76 | 14,098 | 10.46 | 1.47 | 33,748 | 10.99 | 1.54 |
| Theft From the Person | 36 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 824 | 0.61 | 0.39 | 1,449 | 0.47 | 0.30 |
| Vehicle Crime | 212 | 2.84 | 0.66 | 4,898 | 3.61 | 0.84 | 11,617 | 3.77 | 0.88 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 2,112 | 28.44 | 0.94 | 39,832 | 29.55 | 0.97 | 104,999 | 34.22 | 1.13 |
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Total Crime by Year
Tynemouth | Tyne & Wear | North East | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 5,570 | 74.97 | 1.05 | 102,840 | 76.24 | 1.06 | 260,600 | 84.89 | 1.18 |
| 2025 | 6,065 | 81.68 | 1.10 | 117,105 | 87.13 | 1.18 | 272,201 | 89.21 | 1.21 |
| 2024 | 5,942 | 80.35 | 1.07 | 120,036 | 90.33 | 1.20 | 285,067 | 94.47 | 1.25 |
| 2023 | 5,955 | 81.83 | 1.04 | 121,430 | 92.52 | 1.17 | 295,603 | 99.04 | 1.25 |
| 2022 | 5,805 | 80.87 | 1.06 | 116,049 | 89.56 | 1.17 | 273,599 | 93.03 | 1.21 |
| 2021 | 5,998 | 83.44 | 1.22 | 107,826 | 83.61 | 1.22 | 250,848 | 85.95 | 1.25 |
| 2020 | 6,311 | 86.84 | 1.17 | 122,585 | 94.98 | 1.28 | 276,026 | 94.68 | 1.28 |
| 2019 | 7,466 | 101.73 | 1.34 | 139,523 | 108.10 | 1.42 | 298,335 | 102.44 | 1.34 |
| 2018 | 6,909 | 93.93 | 1.32 | 134,395 | 104.16 | 1.46 | 280,195 | 96.33 | 1.35 |
| 2017 | 5,848 | 79.28 | 1.25 | 108,660 | 84.25 | 1.32 | 226,807 | 78.00 | 1.22 |
| 2016 | 1,592 | 21.55 | 1.15 | 31,151 | 24.16 | 1.27 | 66,798 | 22.96 | 1.20 |
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Tynemouth Compared to Nearby Major Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Major Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shields | 7,695 | 99.68 | 33% more dangerous |
| Sunderland | 23,684 | 78.75 | 5% more dangerous |
| Tynemouth | 5,570 | 74.97 | - |
| Gateshead | 15,048 | 73.67 | 1.7% safer |
| Washington | 3,729 | 69.92 | 7% safer |
Comparing Tynemouth to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Tynemouth | 74.97 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 6% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 10% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 12% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 31% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 40% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 40% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 42% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 43% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 44% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 67% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Tynemouth's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Tynemouth that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| The Parks | 6 | 7 | 10 | - | 35 | 25 |
| Chirton Green | 14 | 1 | 5 | - | 9 | 75 |
| The Green | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 18 |
| Redburn Dene | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 35 |
| Hillheads Allotments | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Foxhunters Playing Fields | 16 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 10 |
| Tynemouth Pool | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Tynemouth Park | 21 | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Mariners' Lane Allotments | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Mariner's Asylum Allotments | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Collingwood View Playing Field | 13 | 1 | 4 | - | 16 | 25 |
| Pearson Park | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 5 |
| Silverlink Park | 11 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 14 |
| Preston Cemetery | 7 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 84 |
| Cleveland Allotments | 1 | - | - | - | 13 | 9 |
| Northumberland Park | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| Prior's Park Playing Fields | 24 | - | 6 | 4 | 18 | 184 |
| Alexander Scott Park | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 16 |
| Linear Park | 19 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 4 |
| Laurel Park | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 10 |
| Northumberland Square | 13 | 2 | 5 | - | 11 | 10 |
Recent Crimes in Tynemouth
The 20 most recent crime reports in Tynemouth.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Newcastle Terrace | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Cotswold Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Cotswold Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Petrol Station |
Methodology & Data Sources
Tynemouth Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Tynemouth during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Tynemouth Data Points
For Tynemouth, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63000073.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Tynemouth's daytime - or "workday" - population of 58,850 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Tynemouth