The Home Office data, published on its 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 May 2022. April’s statistics are available here.
1. Prince Edward Road, South Shields
Twenty-one offences, including ten of shoplifting, were reported in or near this location. Photo: Frank Reid
2. Straker Terrace, South Shields
Nineteen offences, including five of theft, were reported in or around this location. Photo: Google Maps
3. Horsley Hill Square, South Shields
Eighteen incidents, including nine of anti-social behaviour, were reported to have taken place "on or near" this location. Photo: Stu Norton
4. Station Road, South Shields
Seventeen incidents, including five violence and sexual offences, were reported in or near this location. Photo: Google Maps