Total Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 166.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.2 9/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ridley Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 179th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridley Avenue (NE24 3BA) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% lower than the Croft average (275.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridley Avenue (NE24 3BA), the main crime hotspot is near Carlton Street. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridley Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Maughan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofthead Close —
Sep 2025Public order Twizell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Twizell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millcroft Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maughan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maughan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millcroft Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sussex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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