Crime in North Tyneside: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (5,522), anti-social behaviour (3,762) and shoplifting (2,942) made up 64% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 132nd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

The year to August 2026 had the least recorded crime in North Tyneside of any year here (19,252 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 30%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, North Tyneside recorded notably more shoplifting (62% above the national rate) and other crime (32% above the national rate), and notably less theft from the person (73% below) and drugs (54% below). On the year before, robbery rose from 213 to 272 and shoplifting rose from 2,469 to 2,942, while drugs fell from 584 to 323 and bicycle theft fell from 166 to 100.

What each category covers: crime categories.

17,580 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in North Tyneside in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 81.8 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, North Tyneside had the 107th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Northumbria Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.4% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for North Tyneside is a slight undercount.

No change on the year or longer series is given for North Tyneside: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Northumbria Police area not assigned to a district moved from 0.3% in the year ending March 2025 to 1.4% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in North Tyneside, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was shoplifting, with 2,669 offences (15% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for robbery of business property (2.0 times the national rate), shoplifting (1.5 times the national rate) and arson (1.3 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.22 times), robbery of personal property (0.53 times) and possession of drugs (0.56 times).

Districts in the Northumbria Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 6 districts in the Northumbria Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, North Tyneside had the 2nd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

7 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than North Tyneside; the highest is Hartlepool district (163.6 per 1,000) and the lowest Northumberland (78.0).

Of the 30 areas within North Tyneside, North Shields had the highest crime rate (194.2 per 1,000) and St Mary's the lowest (31.3), 6 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 21% of the crime recorded in North Tyneside over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (1,061).

Of the 15,490 crimes in North Tyneside with a recorded outcome, 41% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 1.0% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 3,762 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

North Tyneside has an estimated population of 215,025 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (5.2%, against 7.9%), less private renting (15%, against 20%) and more social housing (21%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up North Tyneside average decile 5.6 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.