Monastery of St Paul Ruins of Jarrow Monastery · Photo: Vallan · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Jarrow than in 92% of UK towns
Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes police recorded inside Jarrow’s built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026: #26 of 34 in Tyne and Wear. Annual rates stand at 46.8 violent and sexual offences and 21.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents. Shoplifting runs at 21.1 per 1,000 residents locally, against 6.1 in a typical town its size: police recorded 621 in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence recorded locally dropped 14% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Jarrow
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 14% less violent crime per resident in Jarrow than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 210 UK towns of 21,000 to 40,000 people, Jarrow has the 178th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Brierley Hill, Ilkeston and Fleetwood, higher than Whitehaven, Morley and Darwen. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
53% of Jarrow’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Jarrow’s D
A firm grade. Built on 5,846 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Jarrow against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
53% of Jarrow residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 53% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Jarrow’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Jarrow runs highest on shoplifting (21.1 per 1,000 against 6.1), robbery (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.5) and other crime (4.3 per 1,000 against 1.8).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,061 | 36 | 30.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 621 | 21.1 | 6.1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 537 | 18.2 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 326 | 11.1 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 231 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 169 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 128 | 4.3 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 126 | 4.3 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 96 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 54 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Robbery | Violent | 46 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 21 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 13 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 13 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Jarrow places 178th of 210 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear | 36,876 | 21.7 | 11 | 18.5 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 84 | Longbenton Tyne and Wear | 26,882 | 28.3 | 15.4 | 13.2 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 148 | Hebburn Tyne and Wear | 21,341 | 37.9 | 19.2 | 10.6 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 175 | Whitehaven Cumbria | 22,952 | 52 | 14.5 | 10 | D |
| 176 | Morley West Yorkshire | 32,562 | 46.9 | 20.3 | 20.8 | D |
| 177 | Darwen Lancashire | 27,897 | 48 | 19.3 | 10.3 | D |
| 178 | Jarrow Tyne and Wear | 29,467 | 46.8 | 21.7 | 28.4 | D |
| 179 | Brownhills West Midlands | 21,238 | 44.3 | 24.7 | 20.8 | D |
| 180 | Chichester West Sussex | 31,709 | 50.1 | 19.3 | 36.7 | D |
| 181 | Staines-upon-Thames Surrey | 21,327 | 49.9 | 19.5 | 28.5 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 210 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Jarrow, and others in Tyne and Wear.
How crime in Jarrow has moved
Northumbria Police published two months short or not at all (Jan 2026 and Feb 2026), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -14% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -5% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +2% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -1% (towns its size -4%).
Crime in Jarrow per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 19 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 28 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Jarrow identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 75% of Jarrow’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 31% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (0% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 2% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 2,084 crimes.
Lowest recorded crime in Monkton, Fellgate and Hedworth and Simonside and Rekendyke; highest in Primrose
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monkton | 5,475 | 29.6 | 14 | |
| Fellgate and Hedworth | 7,237 | 37.6 | 13.6 | |
| Simonside and Rekendyke | 3,476 | 39 | 22.8 | |
| Bede | 5,855 | 49.2 | 22.7 | |
| Primrose | 7,424 | 61.7 | 29.8 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopping areas | 450 | 81% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 428 | 37% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 229 | 56% shoplifting & theft |
| Supermarkets | 179 | 66% shoplifting & theft |
| Hospitals | 29 | 41% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Primrose records 1.6× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Jarrow. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Jarrow. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Jarrow’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Two people died in collisions on Jarrow’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 142 collisions with injuries inside Jarrow in five years, in which two people died. 33 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 12 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Jarrow’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jarrow’s own rate (1.4) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Jarrow had 22.4 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 6% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Jarrow’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Jarrow
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrow | 29,467 | 46.8 | 21.7 | D |
| Hebburn | 21,341 | 37.9 | 19.2 | D |
| Boldon Colliery | 6,071 | 40.9 | 18.2 | D |
| East Boldon and West Boldon | 6,795 | 16.9 | 12.4 | B |
| South Shields | 73,326 | 49.1 | 22.9 | D |
| Wallsend | 45,351 | 47.6 | 21.7 | D |
| Cleadon | 4,599 | 9.4 | 8.7 | A |
| Tynemouth | 60,611 | 40.4 | 20.9 | D |
Jarrow records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only South Shields and Wallsend record more. Hebburn, 1.3 miles away, records 37.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Jarrow’s 46.8.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Northumbria Police published January 2026 and February 2026 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Jarrow sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Jarrow
Is Jarrow safe?
Police recorded 46.8 violent and sexual offences and 21.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Jarrow’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 8% of UK towns. Among 210 UK towns of 21,000 to 40,000 people, Jarrow is 178th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Jarrow?
By council ward, Monkton, Fellgate and Hedworth and Simonside and Rekendyke record the least violent and household crime per resident: 29.6, 37.6 and 39 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 61.7 in Primrose.
Is crime going up in Jarrow?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 14%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Jarrow?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,061 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (621) and criminal damage & arson (326), with 537 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Jarrow compare with Newcastle upon Tyne?
Newcastle upon Tyne records 47.8 violent and sexual offences and 24.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Jarrow’s 46.8 and 21.7, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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