Total Crime Rate
205.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hallside Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hallside Road (NE24 5PF) in the last 12 months was 205.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 131.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hallside Road (NE24 5PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redesdale Place, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gareston Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cowpen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cragton Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brierley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartleigh Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gareston Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gareston Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gareston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gareston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gareston Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gareston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redesdale Place | Under investigation |
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