Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Goldthorpe Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Cramlington East , and the 240th 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 Goldthorpe Close (NE23 3LL) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% higher than the Cramlington East average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldthorpe Close (NE23 3LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldthorpe Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glazebury Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Goldthorpe Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldthorpe Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ilford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glazebury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ilford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ilford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ilford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ilford Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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