Total Crime Rate
106.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laycock Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Holywell , and the 275th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Laycock Gardens (NE23 7SU) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher than the Holywell average (85.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laycock Gardens (NE23 7SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barrass Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Main Street North (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seghill with Seaton Delaval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Grange | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Main Street North | — |
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