Total Crime Rate

142.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 87.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 36.5 6/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newsham Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 1,082 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 142.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% higher than the Cowpen average (131.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newsham Road (NE24 5RB), the main crime hotspot is near Shelley Crescent. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Newsham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Embleton Drive —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Twentysecond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Twentieth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Southend Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitford Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B1523 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Embleton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haven Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Haven Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amber Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eighth Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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