Total Crime Rate

475.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 475.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 295.1 10/10
  • Public order 71.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.9 5/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Melling Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Cramlington Eastfield , and the 28th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melling Road (NE23 6AR) in the last 12 months was 475.4 per 1,000 residents and was 925.9% higher than the Cramlington Eastfield average (46.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melling Road (NE23 6AR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Melling Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harwood Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harwood Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Megstone Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Megstone Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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