Total Crime Rate
47.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Renwick Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 508th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Northumberland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Renwick Road (NE24 2RG) in the last 12 months was 47.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Renwick Road (NE24 2RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowes Court, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edward Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bolam Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoroton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lynn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Princess Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cypress Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Railway Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweethope Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sweethope Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durban Street | Under investigation |
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