Total Crime Rate

20.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 20.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Thropton Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kitty Brewster , and the 209th lowest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thropton Avenue (NE24 4QL) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% lower than the Kitty Brewster average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thropton Avenue (NE24 4QL), the main crime hotspot is near Shelley Crescent. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thropton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southend Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrside Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southend Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kielder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Elliott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elliott Street
Sep 2025Burglary Winship Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holystone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holystone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holystone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kielder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Carrside Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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