The areas of South Tyneside most impacted by recent criminal damage according to police data

These South Tyneside neighbourhoods have the highest levels of criminal damage and arson according to data.

The figures are provided by Local Insights using Northumbria Police’s crime numbers, which break down criminal offences reported into specific neighbourhoods each month.

This gallery will focus on October 2025 - the latest data available.

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We have listed the neighbourhoods in the region with the largest number of reported criminal damage and arson offences in the gallery below. All photos are for illustrative purposes only and figures do not refer to any individual buildings or streets.

The region is made up of three main policing areas. These are West Shields and Riverside, East Shields, Cleadon and Whitburn and Jarrow and Hebburn.

West Shields and Riverside, which includes the majority of South Shields town centre, Westoe, Tyne Dock and West Harton saw 83 reports of criminal damage and arson across October 2025, while East Shields, Cleadon and Whitburn saw 40 reports of the same crimes.

This area includes Horsley Hill, Harton and Marsden closer to South Shields, in addition to Whitburn, Cleadon, East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery.

The third region, Jarrow and Hebburn, covers the rest of South Tyneside, across to its Gateshead border and down to the border with Sunderland’s city area near Concord. This area saw 59 reports of criminal damage and arson in October 2025.