Total Crime Rate
404.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newsham Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 43rd 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 Newsham Road (NE24 5RD) in the last 12 months was 404.0 per 1,000 residents and was 158.7% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 272.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 134.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newsham Road (NE24 5RD), 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 | Vehicle crime | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twentysixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chester Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twentythird Avenue | — |
| 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 | Southend Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southend Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southend Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southend Avenue | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | West Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newsham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newsham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newsham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thropton Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shelley Crescent | Under investigation |
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