Total Crime Rate

145.4 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 145.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.0 10/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Plessey Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 215th 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 Plessey Road (NE24 3DD) in the last 12 months was 145.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.2% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 120.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plessey Road (NE24 3DD), 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 Plessey Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/48)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Blyth Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crofton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maughan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Maughan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maughan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rink Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B1327 —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plessey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Post Office Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crofton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forster Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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