Total Crime Rate
368.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
239.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stanley Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 34th 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 Stanley Street (NE24 2BS) in the last 12 months was 368.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 239.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanley Street (NE24 2BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Croft Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seaforth Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosamond Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ridley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crofton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blyth Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaforth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Croft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Croft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maughan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maughan Street | Under investigation |
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