Total Crime Rate
247.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Teal Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Plessey , and the 93rd 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 Teal Avenue (NE24 3PT) in the last 12 months was 247.4 per 1,000 residents and was 453.3% higher than the Plessey average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 68.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Teal Avenue (NE24 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oberon Way, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eider Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plessey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oberon Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oberon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oberon Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oberon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oberon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oberon Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunlin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunlin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rotary Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shearwater Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rotary Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oberon Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oberon Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oberon Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oberon Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oberon Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Volary Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eider Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oberon Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eider Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Puffin Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Puffin Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Puffin Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Puffin Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Puffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Janaway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolphin Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolphin Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dolphin Grove | Under investigation |
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