Total Crime Rate

412.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 412.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 287.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.0 8/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kitty Brewster , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,088 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 Plessey Road (NE24 4AA) in the last 12 months was 412.6 per 1,000 residents and was 474.0% higher than the Kitty Brewster average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plessey Road (NE24 4AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carrside Mews (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plessey Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carrside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kielder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kielder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willow Crescent
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newcastle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newcastle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delaval Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Bedes Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delaval Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delaval Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Winship Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Carrside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carrside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrside Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Carrside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carrside Mews
Sep 2025Other crime Elliott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delaval Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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