Total Crime Rate
104.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seventh Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 325th 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 Seventh Avenue (NE24 2TA) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% lower than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seventh Avenue (NE24 2TA), 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.
View Crime In Cowpen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fourteenth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A193 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Trees | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Trees | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rowan Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eighth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Trees | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenth Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenth Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenth Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A193 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tenth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tenth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fourteenth Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fourteenth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twelfth Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twelfth Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Third Avenue | β |
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