Total Crime Rate
99.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grantham Street 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 .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grantham Street (NE24 3EA) 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grantham Street (NE24 3EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wolmer Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Briarwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ark Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolmer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dune Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosamond Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dune Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolmer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofthead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wensleydale Terrace | — |
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