Total Crime Rate

169.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 72.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norfolk Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Blyth , and the 49th highest crime rate of 384 local areas in Bassetlaw .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Road (DN11 8AU) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% higher than the Blyth average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 183.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Road (DN11 8AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suffolk Grove (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary White House Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milne Grove —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norfolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Suffolk Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White House Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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