Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 99.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Second Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 299th 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 Second Avenue (NE24 2SQ) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Second Avenue (NE24 2SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newsham Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eighth Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Second Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eighth Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Railway Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Railway Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Railway Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Railway Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Railway Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Railway Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jubilee Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elm Trees —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitford Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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