Total Crime Rate

88.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 37.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tenth Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 339th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Northumberland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tenth Avenue (NE24 2PT) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower than the Cowpen average (131.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tenth Avenue (NE24 2PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tenth Avenue, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowan Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Tenth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warkworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Twelfth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Twelfth Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plessey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Princess Louise Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Jubilee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ninth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jubilee Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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