Total Crime Rate

110.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 110.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 25.4 7/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Middle Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ponteland East and Stannington , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

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 Middle Drive (NE20 9DU) in the last 12 months was 110.9 per 1,000 residents and was 96.5% higher than the Ponteland East and Stannington average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -54.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middle Drive (NE20 9DU), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middle Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marian Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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