Total Crime Rate

279.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 279.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 97.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.4 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Burglary 16.2 10/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Trevelyan Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 64th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Trevelyan Avenue (NE24 5SE) in the last 12 months was 279.4 per 1,000 residents and was 113.0% higher than the Cowpen average (131.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 97.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trevelyan Avenue (NE24 5SE), 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 Trevelyan Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitford Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eighth Avenue
Apr 2026Drugs Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Isabella Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Southend Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Haven Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haven Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Twentieth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fallow Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fallow Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fallow Park Avenue
Apr 2026Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fallow Park Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fallow Park Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourteenth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amber Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hargrave Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Newsham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hargrave Court
Apr 2026Burglary Hargrave Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hargrave Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hargrave Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hargrave Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hargrave Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.