Total Crime Rate
163.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wensleydale Terrace area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Croft , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 1,088 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 Wensleydale Terrace (NE24 3EH) in the last 12 months was 163.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% lower than the Croft average (275.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wensleydale Terrace (NE24 3EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wolmer Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croft| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolmer Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolmer Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allendale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gordon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolmer Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Twizell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Twizell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ark Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
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