Total Crime Rate
435.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
215.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladstone Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 20th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Gladstone Street (NE24 1HX) in the last 12 months was 435.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% higher than the Croft average (229.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 215.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Street (NE24 1HX), the main crime hotspot is near Hall Terrace. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | French Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | French Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hambledon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hambledon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hambledon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoroton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davison Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keelmans Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stephen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | French Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silver Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durban Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
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