Total Crime Rate

163.7 per 1,000 9/10 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 163.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Fifteenth Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 1,088 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 Fifteenth Avenue (NE24 2QH) in the last 12 months was 163.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (β‰ˆ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fifteenth Avenue (NE24 2QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eighth Avenue, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowan Court (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fifteenth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newlands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tenth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Other crime 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 2025Drugs Fourteenth Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newlands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newlands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Trees β€”

Data Sources

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