Total Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ringwood Drive area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Cramlington East , and the 335th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Northumberland .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ringwood Drive (NE23 1NT) in the last 12 months was 28.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% lower than the Cramlington East average (111.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ringwood Drive (NE23 1NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poole Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tangmere Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tangmere Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poole Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reigate Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Totnes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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