Total Crime Rate

224.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

129.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 224.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 129.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.2 10/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Twentieth Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 89th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Twentieth Avenue (NE24 2UB) in the last 12 months was 224.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% higher than the Cowpen average (131.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 129.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Twentieth Avenue (NE24 2UB), 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 Twentieth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Twentysecond 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 2026Vehicle crime Southend Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitford Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B1523 Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eighth Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Twentieth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Newlands Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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