Total Crime Rate
2536.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wright Street area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 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 Wright Street (NE24 1HB) in the last 12 months was 2536.6 per 1,000 residents and was 820.8% higher than the Croft average (275.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 324 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 127 (β 516.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wright Street (NE24 1HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 239 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Terrace (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croft| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B1328 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merton Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowes Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bowes Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Arthur Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | β |
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