Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.2 2/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Buttercup Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kitty Brewster , and the 316th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buttercup Gardens (NE24 4TS) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttercup Gardens (NE24 4TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buttercup Gardens, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchid Place (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buttercup Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buttercup Gardens —
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Data Sources

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