Total Crime Rate

192.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 192.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 82.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.6 4/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Priory Grange area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 140th 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 Priory Grange (NE24 5BB) in the last 12 months was 192.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% higher than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Grange (NE24 5BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sweethope Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Grange area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Duke'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bolam Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Walton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Temple Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindsay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Queen'S Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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