The Home Office data, published on its https://www.police.uk/ website, covers Northumbria Police’s West Shields and Riverside; East Shields, Cleadon and Whitburn and Jarrow and Hebburn policing neighbourhoods.
All incidents are said to have taken place “on or near” named locations in June 2025.
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9. Station Road, South Shields
There were 11 offences, including seven for shoplifting, reported in or around this location in June 2025. | Google Maps

10. South Tyneside District Hospital
There were 11 offences, including six for violent and sexual offences, reported in or around this location in June 2025. | National World

11. Nursery Lane, Whitburn
There were 10 offences, including nine for shoplifting, reported in or around this location in June 2025. | Google Maps

12. Baltic Court, South Shields
There were 10 offences, including seven for shoplifting, reported in or around this location in June 2025. | Google Maps

