Total Crime Rate

607.8 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 607.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 250.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 86.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.3 10/10
  • Other theft 60.3 10/10
  • Public order 38.8 10/10
  • Burglary 30.2 10/10
  • Other crime 30.2 10/10
  • Drugs 21.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kimberley Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 15th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kimberley Street (NE24 1HW) in the last 12 months was 607.8 per 1,000 residents and was 120.6% higher than the Croft average (275.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (β‰ˆ 310.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kimberley Street (NE24 1HW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kimberley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bowes Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowes Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arthur Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arthur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowes Court β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hambledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hambledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beaumont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Renwick Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Renwick Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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