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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for North Shields in October 2024. There were a total of 545 incidents. 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	162
Anti Social Behaviour	115
Shoplifting	98
Public Order	44
Criminal Damage Arson	41
Other Theft	22
Burglary	15
Drugs	12
Vehicle Crime	11
Other Crime	9
Bicycle Theft	8
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	3
All Crime	545

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Chirton (0.62 miles)	798
Tynemouth (0.62 miles)	608
North Shields	545
South Shields (1.39 miles)	479
Tyne Dock (1.86 miles)	467
Jarrow (1.96 miles)	360
Mill Dam (1.24 miles)	316
Billy Mill (1.39 miles)	271
Marden (1.24 miles)	187
Cullercoats (1.39 miles)	176

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Chirton	280
Tynemouth	240
South Shields	164
North Shields	162
Tyne Dock	133
Billy Mill	101
Jarrow	98
Mill Dam	81
Marden	51
Cullercoats	35

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Simonside and Rekendyke	89
2	Chirton	88
3	Beacon and Bents	88
4	Riverside	86
5	Biddick and All Saints	79
6	Howdon	74
7	Tynemouth	59
8	Westoe	51
9	Preston	50
10	Horsley Hill	48
11	Cullercoats	39

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.