Total Crime Rate
127.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newsham Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 249th 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 Newsham Road (NE24 5RB) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newsham Road (NE24 5RB), 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.
View Crime In Cowpen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newsham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newsham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newsham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southend Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southend Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chester Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southend Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twentysixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twentythird Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Embleton Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southend Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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