Annual crime rate in Tyne and Wear county is 1.1 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Tyne and Wear's rate is at 123% as of May 2025.Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.9% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 1.4k, and this number has increased by 1.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.
| Tyne and Wear county | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 0.9 |
| 123% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 0.9% | share of all crimes | 0.9% |
| 1.4k | crimes reported | 51.6k |
| 1.4% | annual change | 0.0% |
Crime rate ranking : 8. highest crime rate out of 54 counties
The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 1.4k, and this number has increased by 1.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between May 2024 - April 2025 to the county crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the county.
+1.4% annual change, crime is increasing
1.4k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to April 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.
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