Total Crime Rate

214.6 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 214.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 76.9 9/10
  • Public order 36.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Other theft 24.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Cramlington East , and the 113th 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 This (NE23 7BF) in the last 12 months was 214.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% higher than the Cramlington East average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -83.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode NE23 7BF, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lee Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in NE23 7BF area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbrook Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbrook Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanover Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queens Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orange Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orange Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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