Total Crime Rate

99.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· 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 99.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Twelfth Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 347th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Twelfth Avenue (NE24 2PY) in the last 12 months was 99.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% lower than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (β‰ˆ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Twelfth Avenue (NE24 2PY), the main crime hotspot is near Rowan Court. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Twelfth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bexhill Square β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barras Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twelfth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twelfth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue β€”

Data Sources

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