North Shields
WardThe south east of the North Tyneside. About 11,011 people in 2.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 80% of people in North Shields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How North Shields compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is North Shields safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in North Shields at a rate of 194.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.4 per 1,000 people across North Tyneside.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 232 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in North Shields.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (636), anti-social behaviour (478) and shoplifting (317).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of North Tyneside
These figures are published for the whole of North Tyneside, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Tyneside and not North Shields alone. See North Tyneside
North Shields in brief
North Shields had 10,609 usual residents at the census.
About 80% of people in North Shields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In North Shields, 79.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In North Shields, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.