Total Crime Rate
177.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hill Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Blyth , and the 43rd 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 Hill Road (DN11 8JR) in the last 12 months was 177.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% higher than the Blyth average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Road (DN11 8JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Well Hill Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blyth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bawtry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Scrooby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scrooby Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Scrooby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Hill Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Hill Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandymount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandymount West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandymount West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandymount West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandymount West | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mayfair Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Saxon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scrooby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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