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South Shields: Riverside and West Shields crime statistics

Monthly street-level crime for the published Riverside and West Shields police neighbourhood in South Shields. The boundary is shown on the map.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: Riverside and West Shields police neighbourhood boundary.

This is the current published police neighbourhood boundary, applied consistently to every month. It may extend beyond the named town centre. There is no matching ONS population denominator for this boundary, so no rate is estimated. Boundary source.

July 2026609published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour174separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents—No complete matching calculation

South Shields: Riverside and West Shields: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 609 crime records and 174 anti-social behaviour records for Riverside and West Shields police neighbourhood boundary in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 6,126.

No population rate is calculated for this police neighbourhood because a matching ONS resident population is not available. Use the whole-authority report for a population-adjusted view.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 2026609174Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2026524183Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2026484169Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2026462136Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2026489105Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202631372Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 202613887Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 202552979Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 2025581101Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 2025644102Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 2025580125Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 2025773131Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 2025661135Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2025585140Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2025687135Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2025597139Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2025669130Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 2025503145Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2025534129Territorial submission present
December 202452581Territorial submission present
November 2024566131Territorial submission present
October 2024594154Territorial submission present
September 2024642138Territorial submission present
August 2024615150Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by -14.6% compared with the preceding 12 months (7,174 → 6,126). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Violence and sexual offences19424.8%
Anti-social behaviour17422.2%
Shoplifting17121.8%
Criminal damage and arson779.8%
Public order496.3%
Burglary263.3%
Other theft253.2%
Robbery202.6%
Other crime151.9%
Drugs141.8%
Vehicle crime91.1%
Possession of weapons40.5%
Theft from the person30.4%
Bicycle theft20.3%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Under investigation48179.0%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified11218.4%
Awaiting court outcome101.6%
Unable to prosecute suspect50.8%
Formal action is not in the public interest10.2%

Compare nearby areas

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
North Shields5,139Not calculated
Sunderland Central4,490Not calculated
Gateshead Central3,818Not calculated
Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle Central7,210Not calculated
Bedlington2,041Not calculated

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Northumbria Police is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: Riverside and West Shields. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (12)
  • David Porter — Police Constable
  • Rachel Thubron — Police Constable
  • Thomas Strawbridge — Sergeant
  • Amy McNeil — Police Constable
  • Olivia Johnson — Police Constable
  • Sophie Laidler — Police Constable
  • Tanya Slater — Police Constable
  • Matthew Watson — Police Constable
  • Jason Miller — PCSO
  • Mark Halliday — PCSO
  • Rebecca Brownson — PCSO
  • Alice Lindsay — PCSO

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.

Courts linked to this area