Total Crime Rate

101.6 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 101.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.9 8/10
  • Drugs 43.0 10/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Birchwood Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Holywell , and the 337th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birchwood Close (NE23 7HH) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower than the Holywell average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchwood Close (NE23 7HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaumont Grange, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Main Street North (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birchwood Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Warwick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parker Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrass Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrass Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrass Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Main Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Warwick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrington Close Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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