Crime Rates at Plessey Road, Blyth, NE24 4BN

Plessey Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kitty Brewster , and the 160th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plessey Road (NE24 4BN) in the last 12 months was 181.4 per 1,000 residents and was 152.4% higher than the Kitty Brewster average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -78.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plessey Road (NE24 4BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horton Place (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.