←Back to overview
Crime · North Side
Reported crime in the Birtley built-up area
1,180 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 75 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the Birtley built-up area, which includes North Side. There are no separate figures for North Side. What each figure covers
Total incidents
1,180
Rate / 1,000
75
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 357 | 30% |
| Anti social behaviour | 263 | 22% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 119 | 10% |
| Vehicle crime | 76 | 6% |
| Public order | 74 | 6% |
| Burglary | 69 | 6% |
| Other theft | 65 | 6% |
| Other crime | 64 | 5% |
| Shoplifting | 55 | 5% |
| Robbery | 13 | 1% |
| Drugs | 9 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 7 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 31 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 357 |
| Anti social behaviour | 14 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 28 | 263 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 21 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 119 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 76 |
| Public order | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 74 |
| Burglary | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 69 |
| Other theft | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 65 |
| Other crime | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 64 |
| Shoplifting | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 55 |
| Robbery | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |||||
| Drugs | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 110 | 121 | 120 | 122 | 48 | 72 | 97 | 91 | 128 | 96 | 79 | 96 | 1180 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering North Side, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 15,734.