Total Crime Rate

148.2 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 148.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cowpen Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 208th 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 Cowpen Road (NE24 5JW) in the last 12 months was 148.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowpen Road (NE24 5JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Briardale Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowpen Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nordale Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorndale Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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