Total Crime Rate

196.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 196.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Public order 22.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 9/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Clifton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Cramlington East , and the 130th 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 Clifton Road (NE23 6TH) in the last 12 months was 196.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% higher than the Cramlington East average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 138.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Road (NE23 6TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tindale Avenue, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coanwood Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clifton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barrasford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrasford Road
Sep 2025Burglary Barrasford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrasford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tindale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickering Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brownrigg Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Coldbeck Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambo Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Village Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlcroft Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlcroft Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlcroft Place

Data Sources

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